Using Open APIs In Mobile Apps Activity
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Revision as of 19:30, 10 June 2016
| 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 |
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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. Run the http request on your browser and copy a couple of records from the result in your report. http://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HousingAssistanceOwners
This output is in JSON format.
Read the API docs
Deliverable:
What will the student hand in?
Assessment:
How will the activity be graded?
How will learning will be measured?
Include sample assessment questions/rubrics.
Comments:
What should the instructor know before using this activity?
What are some likely difficulties that an instructor may encounter using this activity?
Additional Information:
| 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? |
| 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 of Difficulty | Is this activity easy, medium or challenging? |
| 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.? |
| Author | Who wrote this activity? |
| Source | Is there another activity on which this activity is based? If so, please provide a link to the original resource. |
| License | Under which license is this material made available? (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/) |
Suggestions for the Open Source Project:
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