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# Welcome {.unnumbered}

*Last updated: `r format(lubridate::now(tzone = "America/Chicago"), usetz = TRUE, digits = 0)`*

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This is the website for the work-in-progress book, ***Web APIs with R.*** 
This book will teach you how to work with the web from your R session.
This book will be published as part of [The R Series from CRC Press](https://www.routledge.com/go/the-r-series/).

::: callout-warning
This book is very much a work in progress.

I'm using a ["backwards design" approach](https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/backward-design-basics/), through which I created [book club slides](https://DSLC/wapir) for a [https://DSLC.io](Data Science Learning Community) book club.
I have finished creating & presenting the slides for the first cohort of the club!
Now I'll go back through the slide decks, reconciling the decks with feedback received from the club, and writing exercises to check learner understanding.
Join us at the [Data Science Learning Community](https://DSLC.io) (find the [#book_club-wapir channel](https://dslcio.slack.com/archives/C05MYSD1PEV)) to participate!

I'm not ready for PRs yet (despite what you might see in some of the boilerplate).
However, if you have thoughts about what you'd like to see, please submit an issue!
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This website is **free to use,** and is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

The code contained in this book is simultaneously available under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT); this means that you are free to use it in your own packages, as long as you cite the source.

## Want to help?

I am writing this book in a GitHub repository.
Follow the "Edit this page" or "Report an issue" links in the table of contents if you would like to help!

## The Data Science Learning Community {.unnumbered}

If you would like to discuss the contents of this book (or any other data-related topic), join the [Data Science Learning Community Slack](https://DSLC.io/join).

## Code of Conduct

Please note that *Web APIs with R* is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](https://contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html).
By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.