Vancouver PyLadies & Vancouver Python Talk Night: Python and APIs

Welcome to a joint meetup between PyLadies Vancouver and Vancouver Python User Group. We've got a special guest in town Wesley Chun, who along with Mariatta, will be talking about APIs.

Agenda
6:30 PM: Set Up
7:00 PM: Introductions
7:10 PM: Mariatta: There's an API for That!
7:30 PM: Wesley Chun: Exploring Google APIs with Python
8:15 PM: Networking
9:00 PM: Tear down

Details

Talk: There's an API for That! (Mariatta)
You might have seen bots like GitHub bots, Discord bots, Slack bots. How do these bots work? There's an API for that! You can use third-party APIs to build web apps and automations, including bots. Come learn the best practices on how to work with APIs using Python.

Talk: Exploring Google APIs with Python (Wesley Chun)
You may be familiar with Google tools like search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, and Gmail, but have you wondered how to integrate Google technologies into the web+mobile apps that you build? Google has multiple API families available to help developers achieve this goal. These include product areas like Google Cloud (GCP), Google Workspace (GWS: Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.), Google Maps, YouTube, and others, each of which are supported by open source client libraries. If you've ever tried Google APIs in the past, found it challenging or lacking examples in the docs, run into roadblocks, or otherwise got confused, we'll try to break down all those roadblocks so you can get something working tonight.
While many Google APIs are free to use (up to certain limits), some are "pay-per-use," meaning you're billed for usage above and beyond any "free tiers" of quota; these include APIs from GCP & Maps. In addition to APIs, GCP also provides cloud-hosting services. In summary, it's not about individual APIs and cloud services as much as it is about the problems that can be solved by using them. This session exposes as many popular Google APIs as time permits as well as key Python-supported GCP platforms, perhaps even a live demo or two. Join us for this informative session to show how Google can power your next Python project!

Help Needed with Setup and Teardown
We will need volunteers to help with set up and tear down. (setting up chairs, putting them away, clean up after the event). Just show up to help out.

Speakers

Mariatta
Mariatta is a Python Core Developer. In her free time, she contributes to open source, builds GitHub bots, fixes typos, and likes to tell you about f-strings. She is the chair of PyCon US 2023-2024, and PyLadiesCon. For her contributions to Python and the open source community, she received The PSF Community Service Award and is a PSF Fellow member.
You might know her from the hashtags #IceCreamSelfie and #TypoOfTheDay
Website: https://mariatta.ca
Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@mariatta
GitHub: https://github.com/mariatta

Wesley Chun
WESLEY CHUN, MSCS, is the author of Prentice Hall's bestselling Core Python series, co-author of Python Web Development with Django, and has written for Linux Journal & CNET. He runs CyberWeb specializing in Google Cloud & Google Workspace APIs, Python & App Engine migrations, and Python training & engineering. Wesley was one of the original Yahoo!Mail engineers. He holds degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Music from the University of California, is a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation, and loves to travel to meet developers worldwide at conferences, user group events, and universities. Follow he/him on Twitter @wescpy & his technical blog.

BYO non-alcoholic beverage
You can bring your own non-alcoholic beverage.
Bottled water and light refreshments will be provided.
Thank you ECOMsquare for providing us wih the venue.