Databases and where to find them

(Real-time) APIs — a selection

• Random Cat Picture
• Open Weather Map
• Another Weather API
• Air Quality and Pollution
• Open Movie Database
• Dad Jokes
• Swiss Transport Data
• Schiphol Airport Data
• Restrooms for gender nonconforming individuals
• Generate Random User Data
• Hipster Ipsum Generator
• Get Full Contact Info on Social Media
• Space Station Info
• Things Donald Trump Has Said
• New York Times News
• Community-Driven Taco Database

Databases — a small selection

• Flags of the World
• All Place Names
• Edible Plants Archive
• Reptile Database (also, cool web design)
• Movie Subtitles
• Find a Grave (yes)
• WinCustomize: content to customize your Windows
• Offender Information Tracking System (OTIS): information about prisoners, parolees, probationers in the state of Michigan
• The Internet Archive: books, movies, software, music, websites etc.

Web scraper tutorials for beginners [ Programming skills: * ]

• An overview of web scraping tutorials (Python) — also available in Chinese!
• Web scraping tutorial (Python)

Web scrapers [ Programming skills: ** / *** ]

• An extensive overview of web scrapers with their pros and cons. (Cassy Williams)
• And overview of webscrapers, categorised by language. (Cassy Williams)
• Scrapy, a high-level web scraper and its index.
• Web scraper (Node.js)

Link to AI tutorials

By Vera van de Seyp