
Announcement: Online API REST Services Updated
Web services provide a standard way of exposing objects and methods over the Internet. Representational State Transfer, or REST as it is commonly referred to, is a style of software architecture mainly used in the World Wide Web. REST is a Web services architectural style that accomplishes this simply and effectively by leveraging the same technology that makes the Web browser a useful tool.
Additional Dataset Support
The Online API now contains updated content and support for additional datasets. In addition to existing U.S-specific data and content covering previous years, all of the existing API services can now be used to access and leverage additional datasets including a new U.S. Census 2010 dataset and a new Canadian dataset. Read more.
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