Doing Boring Stuff in APL - Working with Web Services and JSON Data

Explore how to perform "boring" but essential tasks in APL, such as interacting with web services and handling JSON data, in this 54-minute conference talk from APL Seeds '23. Learn to create user commands that fetch data from HTTP APIs for seamless processing within an APL session. Discover techniques for dealing with data ecosystems, understand the advantages of using APL, and follow along with a practical example using JSON data from CouchDB. Dive into Dyalog User Commands, HTTP communication, and methods for fetching single and multiple documents. Master filtering techniques, handling primary keys, and grouping users by cluster. Conclude with insights on workflow and data processing, demonstrating APL's versatility in tackling everyday programming challenges.

Dealing with data ecosystems
Why choose APL?
Example application - JSON data from CouchDB
Dyalog User Commands
HTTP Communication
Fetch document by ID
Fetching multiple documents
All plans command
Filtering out secondary indices in the clusters command
Question about primary keys
Get users grouped by cluster
Wrapping up
Questions about workflow and data processing