The goal of this project was to use my knowledge of API’s to create a way for people to learn about cats. Each time the user clicks the ‘Get Facts’  button, they will be presented with a new fact added to a list of prior requests. To clear the list, the user can simply click the ‘Clear Facts’ button. This project allowed me to become more confident in my knowledge of APIs and learn about there usefulness outside of a classroom setting. To visit my project use this link: http://misdemo.temple.edu/tuh05501/pro_points_projects/

Created an API to generate a fun fact about a number between 1-100 when entered by a user.

1. Goal – this was a class project assigned in order for us, the students, to understand how to use Web API.
2. API – through various free public APIs on the internet, I found one interesting API which is “Financial Modeling Prep API”. I really love Finance, so I decided to take that in and learn how to use that.
3. Result – I have build a simple proof of concept website that displays the company’s income statement. The user only need to put in the “Symbol” of the company found on stock market site, click on generating the income statement button, and then the website will display the full name of the company and the last 4 years income statements.
4. Project URL: http://misdemo.temple.edu/tuk97370/API%20Project/
5. What I have learned:
   • I don’t have to start building website from scratch
   • How to read the API documentation – endpoint, required parameters and basic requirement to use the API
   • How to work better with Loop in JSON Object and Array
6. Recommendation: https://financialmodelingprep.com/developer/docs – there are many more things we can do with this API. Here are three examples/sections we can build using this API:
   1. We can build a website that display all the financial information (Income statement, Statement of Owner Equity, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flow)and stock price at real-time
   2. Compare the performances of different companies in the form of chart or other date visualization concepts
   3. Company’s information in detail and their performances from year to year

1. Link to project: http://misdemo.temple.edu/tug91409/cat%20fact/
2. I chose this API, found at https://catfact.ninja/fact, because it is perfectly useless. I love that someone took the time to create a Web API that generates cat facts, even though there is no real reason for it to exist. This API can also generate information on cat breeds if you substitute /fact with /breeds, as well as generate multiple cat facts at a time if you write /facts instead of /fact.
3. Some possible applications are:
   1. Rescue groups could feature this API on their websites to engage users while they search for adoptable cats.
   2. Companies like National Geographic, Animal Planet, and kid-focused science website could feature this API to teach adults and children more about cats.

1. Include the goals, results, project URL (if applicable), and what you learned in a brief paragraph.

The project can be found at misdemo.temple.edu/tuh29326/apiproject. 

The API found at https://openweathermap.org/current could be used in a multitude of ways. The OpenWeatherMap API provides current weather data for free that can be retrieved by zipcode, city name, geographic coordinates, and many more fields. A user could utilize this API to simply check the current weather for where they live, for an event they might be attending, or for a city they might be traveling to. I only created a demo for the user to enter a zipcode, but with a simple change of the input form and ajax request, any of the other fields mentioned above can be utilized. The API is also free for up to 60 calls per minute with a simple email registration.

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