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Manager   •   over 14 years ago

Developers Ask Questions about API's/Web Services

This discussion thread is for developers to ask other developers about the data sets available at http://sba.gov/api, http://green.sba.gov/api, and http://sbir.gov/api. It could also include any other relevant datsets at http://data.gov.

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  •   •   over 14 years ago

    The above referenced two links seems to not working

    http://green.sba.gov/api: Page not found
    http://sbir.gov/api : page not found

  •   •   over 14 years ago

    It looks like the url is http://sbir.gov/apis but it looks like many of the urls listed in the api (i.e. http://green.sba.gov/ek/api/Maine/xml) get a "Page not found".

  • Manager   •   over 14 years ago

    @Joseph B.

    You're right - the URLs are http://sbir.gov/apis and http://green.sba.gov/apis. It's essentially the same page.

    For your query, it may be that Maine has no programs in our current program finder. It's in beta, and is probably not exhaustive of the programs across the Federal and State governments.

  •   •   over 14 years ago

    I have some questions on the JSON format. First off should I be writing this question in this discussion or create a new discussion topic?

    The main question is the json output. I was looking at the output of the sample business license and permits api and was confused by the data structures. Each attribute (title, description, url, ...) is its own object in an array that is the site item object. For example from the sample URL http://api.sba.gov/license_permit/state_and_county/child%20care%20services/ca/los%20angeles%20county.json the state_sit_item0 the state_site_item0 is defined as

    "state_site_item0": [
    {"title": "Obtain Disability Insurance"},
    {"description": null},
    {"url": "http://www.edd.ca.gov/Disability/"},
    {"state": "California"},
    {"category": "Employer Requirements"},
    {"county": null},
    {"business_type": "Insurance Requirements"},
    {"section": "Disability Insurance"},
    {"resource_group_description": "..."}]

    but reading the wikipedia article on JSON at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Json I would expect the JSON to be structured something like

    "state_site_item0": {
    "title": "Obtain Disability Insurance",
    "description": null,
    "url": "http://www.edd.ca.gov/Disability/",
    "state": "California",
    "category": "Employer Requirements",
    "county": null,
    "business_type": "Insurance Requirements",
    "section": "Disability Insurance",
    "resource_group_description": "..."
    }

    where every attribute was a JSON object member instead of an array item.

  • Manager   •   over 14 years ago

    @ Jospeh B., I'm not in complete control of that particular API/web service. I would try to compare its format to the API's at http://green.sba.gov/apis

  •   •   over 14 years ago

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