Prepare

Due: March 11, 2025

Learning objectives

• Define application program interfaces (APIs)
• Explain authentication keys and demonstrate secure methods for storing these keys
• Demonstrate how to use canned packages in R to access APIs
• Identify methods for writing functions to interact with APIs
• Access APIs directly using the {httr2} package

Preparations

📖 Read

• Application Programming Interface
• Obtaining World Bank indicators
• Securely storing API keys