Building with the World’s Greatest Open APIs
Details
Are you ready to build a digital masterpiece? Whether you want to curate a virtual gallery using The Met, track near-earth objects with NASA, or dive into the digital archives of the Natural History Museum, this is your playground.
There’s no set prompt—only a treasure trove of world-class APIs and a room full of creative minds. You pick the data, you pick the stack, and create your own adventure.
The Mission
You have one day to build a project using at least one culture, science, or other cool API. We’ll provide a curated list of fun APIs to get your gears turning, but the final destination is up to you.
Potential Quests:
- The Curator: Build a "Daily Masterpiece" bot using The Metropolitan Museum of Art API.
- The Astronaut: Create a live asteroid tracker or a Mars Rover gallery using NASA Open APIs.
- The Explorer: Map out biodiversity hotspots using the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
- The Historian: Connect the dots of the past using the Smithsonian or Library of Congress data.
Location & Logistics
- Make sure to bring your laptop and charger.
- Where: The Coffee Shop NE, 2852 Johnson St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
- When: 10AM on March 14th
Why join? Because the world’s most interesting data is sitting behind an API key, waiting for someone to do something awesome with it. Why not you?