[R] finding components of an API

[Spencer Graves]

On 2017-05-28 8:16 PM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
> I have actually just figured it out with some help from a JS website . Was going to post the solution but maybe I shouldn't ?


       Have you considered contacting them and asking at 
"https://spotcrime.com/contact.php"?


       The web site does not contain copyright information that I can 
find.  Their "Terms of Use" (https://spotcrime.com/tos) says, "You will 
not ... distribute any files ... where it is possible that ... any of 
the Website may be used to distribute copyrighted materials to or from 
persons who are not authorized to receive, copy, distribute or use 
them."  I suggest you contact them.  Explain this could make it easier 
for people to use their data and promote their web site.


       The "Ecfun" package contains various "read*" functions that 
scrape data from different web sites. If spotcrime.com says it's OK to 
access their web site as you have AND you'd like to add a function to do 
this to the "Ecfun" package, please go to R-Forge, find the "Ecdat" 
project, and "request to join"  I will approve.


       Spencer Graves
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 28, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Robert Sherry <rsherry8 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Erin,
>>
>> I do not think there is an R package that will enable you to get the data you would like from spotcrime.com.
>>
>> You could write code, in R, or some other language, to extract the data you want but that is going to be a changeling  task and if
>> the website changes its format then your code may suddenly stop working. Also, the people who run spotcrime.com may not be happy if you do so.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>> On 5/28/2017 4:45 PM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
>>> Sorry!!!
>>>
>>> It's spotcrime.com, and I would like to use it via R for crimes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can you please be just a little less vague? What API are you talking
>>>> about, and how is this related to R?
>>>> --
>>>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>>>>
>>>> On May 28, 2017 11:48:42 AM PDT, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to use a particular API for crimes (spot crimes) but I
>>>>> can't
>>>>> find what components go into the API.  I have gone into the website,but
>>>>> to
>>>>> no avail
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone used it please?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Erin
>>>
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