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Title	Using Open APIs in Mobile Application Development
Overview	In this activity students will learn about Open APIs, how does it relate to open source and how to use in building a mobile application.
Prerequisites	CS2 using Java and basics of Android development.
Learning Objectives	After successfully completing this activity, the learner should be able to: Understand what an Open API is. Understand how open APIs relate to open source. Use open APIs in mobile application development Specifically use the FEMA open data API to build a simple Android accessibility application.
Process Skills Practiced

Background

This activity is meant to educate students about open APIs and how to use them in Android app development. The activity is targeted for crisis management APIs to emphasize the humanitarian aspect of HFOSS.

Directions

Part 1

What is an Open API? What is REST? How and why is it open ?

http://searchcloudapplications.techtarget.com/definition/open-API

What is the difference between open source and open API?

http://toni.org/2007/01/30/open-source-vs-open-apis/

Write a one page summery compiling your understanding of these readings.

Part 2

FEMA (The Federal Emergency Management Agency) has made some of its data public through a REST API http://www.fema.gov/data-feeds#APIs The released data sets are listed in http://www.fema.gov/data-feeds#APIs and include the following:

Housing Assistance Owners
Housing Assistance Renters
Registration Intake and Individuals Household Program
Public Assistance Funded Projects: Summary
Public Assistance Funded Projects: Details
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Property Acquisitions
Hazard Mitigation Grants
Disaster Declarations Summaries

For example, the following http request retrieves data for Housing Assistance Owners. To test the API, run the http request on your browser. For example, the House Assistance Owners API (http://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HousingAssistanceOwners) when executed on the browser runs this partial record. " {"metadata":{"skip":0,"top":1000,"count":0,"filter":"","format":"json","orderby":{},"select":null,"entityname":"HousingAssistanceOwners","url":"/api/open/v1/HousingAssistanceOwners"},"HousingAssistanceOwners":[{"disasterNumber":1983,"state":"MS","county":"Adams (County)","city":"NATCHEZ","zipCode":"39120","validRegistrations":29,"averageFemaInspectedDamage":8176,"totalInspected":16,"totalDamage":130819,"noFemaInspectedDamage":10,"femaInspectedDamageBetween1And10000":3,"femaInspectedDamageBetween10001And20000":0,"femaInspectedDamageBetween20001And30000":1,"femaInspectedDamageGreaterThan30000":2,"approvedForFemaAssistance":9,"totalApprovedIhpAmount":96070,"repairReplaceAmount":69315,"rentalAmount":20347,"otherNeedsAmount":6408,"approvedBetween1And10000":5,"approvedBetween10001And25000":3,"approvedBetween25001AndMax":1,"totalMaxGrants":1,"hash":"5a7d9748949c69e2b8c8bc7d93158820","lastRefresh":"2014-12-12T01:18:19.599Z","id":"546e064687456f7b0c07de85"}

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Now choose two different APIs, run an http request for the API on your browser and copy a couple of records from the result in your report.

This output is in JSON format.

Part 3

Develop an Android App that provides an interactive interface to search and display a data feed from the FEMA data sets. Your App should use the sample code attached to retrieve data from an API and your task will be to design and develop and App that displays this data.

Deliverable

A report including answers for part 1 and part 2
A .zip and .apk of your Android app.

Notes for Instructors

Assessment

Criteria	Level 1 (fail)	Level 2 (pass)	Level 3 (good)	Level 4 (exceptional)
Understands what is a Open API and how is different that open source	Little to no understanding shown; Answers are made up or unrelated; Didn't read material	Limited understanding, showing that they read some, but did not dig very deep	Showed that they have done the readings with limited understanding	Clearly explain the answer to each question with supporting examples
Testing FEMA APIs	No testing	Testing with bad results	Testing with good results	Testing multiple APIs with the correct result
Create an Android App that retrieves data from a REST API	Did not attempt to create the App	App retrieves data but data is not parsed	App retrieves data and parses the json data	App retrieves data, parses data and displays data
An interactive interface is develped to display data	Did not attempt to create an interface	Create a limited interface for the app	Create a complete inteface displaying all retrieved data	Create an efficient interface with the ability to search/filter the data

Comments

Android Development, JSON data model

Additional Information

ACM BoK Area & Unit(s)	PBD/Mobile Platforms
ACM BoK Topic(s)	Mobile programming languages
Difficulty	medium-challenging
Estimated Time to Complete	6-8 hours
Environment / Materials	Internet access, Android Studio installed
Author(s)	Ruby ElKharboutly
Source	Ruby ElKharboutly
License	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Suggestions for the Open Source Project

Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.

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-|'''Title''' || Using Open APIs in Mobile Application Development
-|-
-|'''Overview''' || In this activity students will learn about Open APIs, how does it relate to open source and how to use in building a mobile application.
-|-
-|'''Prerequisite Knowledge''' || CS2 using Java and basics of Android development
-|-
-|'''Learning Objectives''' ||
-* To understand what an Open API is.
-* To understand how open APIs relate to open source.
-* To be able to use open APIs in mobile application development
-* To specifically use the wheelsmap API to build a simple Android accessibility application.
-|}
-=== Background: ===
+{{Learning Activity Overview
+|title=
+Using Open APIs in Mobile Application Development
+|overview=
+In this activity students will learn about Open APIs, how does it relate to open source and how to use in building a mobile application.
+|prerequisites=
+CS2 using Java and basics of Android development.
+|objectives=
+* Understand what an Open API is.
+* Understand how open APIs relate to open source.
+* Use open APIs in mobile application development
+* Specifically use the FEMA open data API to build a simple Android accessibility application.
+|process skills=
+}}
+=== Background ===
 This activity is meant to educate students about open APIs and how to use them in Android app development. The activity is targeted for crisis management APIs to emphasize the humanitarian aspect of HFOSS.
-=== Directions: ===
+=== Directions ===
 ==== Part 1 ====
 # What is an Open API? What is REST? How and why is it open ?
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 * Disaster Declarations Summaries
-Run the http request on your browser and copy the result in your report.
+For example, the following http request retrieves data for Housing Assistance Owners.
+To test the API, run the http request on your browser. For example, the House Assistance Owners API (http://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HousingAssistanceOwners) when executed on the browser runs this partial record.
+"
+{"metadata":{"skip":0,"top":1000,"count":0,"filter":"","format":"json","orderby":{},"select":null,"entityname":"HousingAssistanceOwners","url":"/api/open/v1/HousingAssistanceOwners"},"HousingAssistanceOwners":[{"disasterNumber":1983,"state":"MS","county":"Adams (County)","city":"NATCHEZ","zipCode":"39120","validRegistrations":29,"averageFemaInspectedDamage":8176,"totalInspected":16,"totalDamage":130819,"noFemaInspectedDamage":10,"femaInspectedDamageBetween1And10000":3,"femaInspectedDamageBetween10001And20000":0,"femaInspectedDamageBetween20001And30000":1,"femaInspectedDamageGreaterThan30000":2,"approvedForFemaAssistance":9,"totalApprovedIhpAmount":96070,"repairReplaceAmount":69315,"rentalAmount":20347,"otherNeedsAmount":6408,"approvedBetween1And10000":5,"approvedBetween10001And25000":3,"approvedBetween25001AndMax":1,"totalMaxGrants":1,"hash":"5a7d9748949c69e2b8c8bc7d93158820","lastRefresh":"2014-12-12T01:18:19.599Z","id":"546e064687456f7b0c07de85"}
+"
+Now choose two different APIs, run an http request for the API on your browser and copy a couple of records from the result in your report.
 This output is in JSON format.
-Read the API docs
+==== Part 3 ====
+Develop an Android App that provides an interactive interface to search and display a data feed from the FEMA data sets. Your App should use the sample code attached to retrieve data from an API and your task will be to design and develop and App that displays this data.
-=== Deliverable: ===
+=== Deliverable ===
-What will the student hand in?
-=== Assessment: ===
+* A report including answers for part 1 and part 2
-How will the activity be graded?
+* A .zip and .apk of your Android app.
-How will learning will be measured?
-Include sample assessment questions/rubrics.
-=== Comments: ===
+== Notes for Instructors ==
-What should the instructor know before using this activity?
-What are some likely difficulties that an instructor may encounter using this activity?
-=== Additional Information: ===
+=== Assessment ===
-{| border="1"
-|-
+{| class="wikitable"
-|'''Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit''' || What ACM Computing Curricula 2013 https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf knowledge area and units does this activity cover?
+! Criteria
-|-
+! Level 1 (fail)
-|'''Topic''' || What specific topics are addressed? The Computing Curriucula 2013 provides a list of topics - https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf
+! Level 2 (pass)
-|-
+! Level 3 (good)
-|'''Level of Difficulty''' || Is this activity easy, medium or challenging?
+! Level 4 (exceptional)
-|-
-|'''Estimated Time to Completion''' ||  How long should it take for the student to complete the activity?
 |-
-|'''Materials/Environment''' || What does the student need?  Internet access, IRC client, Git Hub account, LINUX machine, etc.?
+| '''Understands what is a Open API and how is different that open source'''
+| Little to no understanding shown; Answers are made up or unrelated; Didn't read material
+| Limited understanding, showing that they read some, but did not dig very deep
+| Showed that they have done the readings with limited understanding
+| Clearly explain the answer to each question with supporting examples
 |-
-|'''Author''' || Who wrote this activity?
+| '''Testing FEMA APIs'''
+| No testing
+| Testing with bad results
+| Testing with good results
+| Testing multiple APIs with the correct result
 |-
-|'''Source''' || Is there another activity on which this activity is based?  If so, please provide a link to the original resource.
+| '''Create an Android App that retrieves data from a REST API'''
+| Did not attempt to create the App
+| App retrieves data but data is not parsed
+| App retrieves data and parses the json data
+| App retrieves data, parses data and displays data
 |-
-|'''License''' || Under which license is this material made available? (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)
+| '''An interactive interface is develped to display data'''
+| Did not attempt to create an interface
+| Create a limited interface for the app
+| Create a complete inteface displaying all retrieved data
+| Create an efficient interface with the ability to search/filter the data
 |}
+=== Comments ===
-=== Suggestions for the Open Source Project: ===
+Android Development, JSON data model
-Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.
+=== Additional Information ===
---------------------
+{{Learning Activity Info
-This work is licensed under a
+|acm unit=
-[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License]
+PBD/Mobile Platforms
+|acm topic=
+Mobile programming languages
+|difficulty=
+medium-challenging
+|time=
+-8 hours
+|environment=
+Internet access, Android Studio installed
+|author=
+Ruby ElKharboutly
+|source=
+Ruby ElKharboutly
+|license=
+{{License CC BY}}
+}}
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+=== Suggestions for the Open Source Project ===
+* ''Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.''
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+[[Category:Learning Activity]]
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Using Open APIs In Mobile Apps Activity

Latest revision as of 12:39, 8 September 2018

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