Spring HackathonBuilding apps for local

communities

Google campus – 27/8 April 2013

RESTful APIDrives high profile tools aimed at councils.

What the API doesSelect:• Areas (countries, regions, council areas,

wards, MLOAs, LSOAs) and comparison groups of areas

• Time periods• Metric types eg population, area size,

spending, performance indicators• Values for area/ time period / metric type

combinations

Metric types

http://standards.esd.org.uk

http://id.esd.org.uk/list/metricTypes

Fetching data – helper apphttp://live.componentdemo.esd.org.uk/

Security

• Public/private key to sign each URL• OAuth to provide user specific data and extra

private metrics

What you need

Links• http://api.esd.org.uk – basic API documents• Full web method details• Sign-in to use component demo• Private key• Extra resources and contactsAsk for email message with full information

Help

Mike Dom MaximTwitter @MikeThacker

This weekend: Mike.Thacker@esd.org.ukAfterwards: Support@esd.org.uk