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Where to get data-sets to practice data science?

Data is the new science. Big data holds the answers. - Pat Gelsinger, CEO

1. Programmable Web 

  • Description:  This is a site where you can obtain API's to extract data from some of the biggest sites on the internet.
  • Link address: API Directory
  • Examples: Google maps API, Instagram API, Twitter API etc.
2. Postman API Development

  • Description:  An online tool that you can use to access millions of APIs on the internet. You can also develop your own API if you happen to own a site.
  • Link address: API TOOL 
  • Examples: Paypal API, Adobe API, Coursera API etc.
3. Facebook graph
  • Description:  An online tool that you can use to access data about Facebook pages.
  • Link address: API 
  • Examples: graph.facebook.com/youtube  - Access page data, e.g likes, number of posts etc.
4. APIGEE
  • Description:  An online GUI tool that lets your extract and send data to various web platforms
  • Link address: GET & POST TO API
  • Examples: Bing API, Github API, Heroku API etc.
5. Kaggle
  • Description:  A data science and machine learning community where you can obtain clean datasets from various sources.
  • Link address: Datasets
  • Examples: Titatnic dataset, South African Crime dataset, Trending youtube video statistics etc.


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