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title: "Starting with Data: Using Python and Flask to Pull Data from a REST API and Visualize It"
description: "This tutorial is for beginners in software development who want to learn just enough to access data on the web and visualize it on their own websites or mobile devices."
canonical: https://www.vidyasource.com/tutorials/starting-with-data/
type: tutorial
published: 2014-01-14
tags: ["data", "Python", "data visualization", "dataviz", "Donor's Choose", "API", "REST", "Flask"]
image: https://www.vidyasource.com/img/tutorials/data.jpg
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# Starting with Data: Using Python and Flask to Pull Data from a REST API and Visualize It

> This tutorial is for beginners in software development who want to learn just enough to access data on the web and visualize it on their own websites or mobile devices.

- Canonical page: https://www.vidyasource.com/tutorials/starting-with-data/
- Structured data (JSON-LD): https://www.vidyasource.com/tutorials/starting-with-data.json
- Published: 2014-01-14
- Topics: data, Python, data visualization, dataviz, Donor's Choose, API, REST, Flask
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzl4hCH2CdY
- Source code: https://github.com/VidyaSource/starting-with-data

This tutorial is for beginners in software development who want to learn just enough to access data on the web
and visualize it on their own websites or mobile devices.

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