Unlock Infinite API Data Requests - Leverage the Power of For Loop in RStudio

In this video, I show you how to loop API requests in R, using a for loop, to get more than 1 request or page of data at the same time, store them in a list and append them into one table.

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▶️ How to GET data from an API using R

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00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Install packages
01:15 - Set up API url & auth
02:50 - Create a list to store API calls
03:18 - Create a sequence
04:41 - Create a for loop
08:34 - View data in the saved list
09:44 - Join all list data into one table

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RStudio theme: Modern
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Editor font: Lucida Console
Text rendering: (Default)
Editor font size: 16
Editor theme: Tomorrow Night 80s

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[alvarocuya]

Many thanks Dean. I was wondering if you were planning to do something about web scrapping?

[yihunzeleke]

Great content with in best time frame! Good to know your rstudio setup theme and fonts! Thank you!