Developer Blog
Keep up-to-date about the latest developments in the civic tech space, learn new tips and tricks for the Socrata APIs, and discover a new stack or tool using open data!
2021
- A Move to Main Branch
- Peter Moore on 13 Oct 2021
2019
- Time Series Analysis with Jupyter Notebooks and Socrata
- rlvoyer on 07 Oct 2019
- Continual Improvement : CI / CD at Tyler Technologies, Data & Insights Division
- JoeNunnelley on 26 Sep 2019
- Welcome (back) to our blog!
- helenasw on 14 Aug 2019
2017
- Elixir in production, an open data tale
- rozap on 28 Aug 2017
- Creating a monthly calendar with FullCalendar.io
- chrismetcalf on 30 Mar 2017
- Conditional notifications with Huginn
- chrismetcalf on 29 Mar 2017
- Validate Your Data with FME
- cdesisto on 02 Feb 2017
- Visualizing data using the Google Calendar Chart
- stuagano on 03 Jan 2017
- Scrubbing data with Python
- stuagano on 03 Jan 2017
- Gauge Visualizations using the Google Charts library
- stuagano on 03 Jan 2017
2016
- Import TLS Security Upgrade
- chrismetcalf on 29 Nov 2016
- Pulling data from Hadoop and Publishing to Socrata
- stuagano on 28 Oct 2016
- Using Pentaho to Read data from Salesforce and Publish to Socrata
- dkuttner on 30 Aug 2016
- SNI now required for HTTPS connections
- chrismetcalf on 24 Aug 2016
- PowerShell and SODA
- joeywas on 24 Aug 2016
- RSocrata as an ETL framework
- stuagano on 29 Jul 2016
- Pre-generated code snippets for Socrata Open Data APIs
- chrismetcalf on 11 Jul 2016
- Open Data and Search Relevance
- rlvoyer on 06 Jul 2016
- Analyze data with one click via CartoDB, Plot.ly
- chrismetcalf on 01 Jul 2016
- Quickly Building an Ember Application Backed by Socrata Open Data
- zachgarwood on 30 Jun 2016
- Geospatial Analysis with Socrata and QGIS
- PeterAustinMoore on 13 Jun 2016
- Clarification of throttling limits
- chrismetcalf on 04 Jun 2016
- Telling stories with Open Data: Socrata Perspectives for National Day of Civic Hacking
- chrismetcalf on 03 Jun 2016
- Finding Open Data resources for National Day of Civic Hacking
- chrismetcalf on 02 Jun 2016
- New geospatial functions, $having parameter
- chrismetcalf on 01 Jun 2016
- Preparing for National Day of Civic Hacking
- chrismetcalf on 19 May 2016
- Upper bound now set on Catalog Search API
- chrismetcalf on 04 May 2016
- Natural Language Processing of Consumer Complaint Narratives with SODAPy and Algorithmia
- HoogieMan on 03 May 2016
- SODA API sidebar updates
- on 02 May 2016
- intersects(...), distance_in_meters(...)
- chrismetcalf on 31 Mar 2016
- Using a SSIS to write to a Socrata Dataset
- aliciatb on 17 Mar 2016
- New Tools for Sample Queries
- chrismetcalf on 03 Mar 2016
- Discuss datasets and APIs on GitHub
- chrismetcalf on 18 Feb 2016
- Data Visualization with Plotly and Pandas
- jsanch on 02 Feb 2016
- Data Analysis with Python and pandas using Jupyter Notebook
- aag6z on 01 Feb 2016
- API Foundry path change
- chrismetcalf on 26 Jan 2016
- Added more detail about how to access system fields within SODA
- chrismetcalf on 04 Jan 2016
2015
- Using R and Shiny to Find Outliers with Scatter and Box Plots
- marks on 28 Nov 2015
- Introducing clarified SODA API versioning
- chrismetcalf on 25 Nov 2015
- Analyzing Open Data with SAS
- marks on 10 Nov 2015
- dev.socrata.com goes HTTPS!
- chrismetcalf on 30 Oct 2015
- API Documentation for Private Datasets
- chrismetcalf on 27 Oct 2015
- New API endpoints now default for API documentation
- chrismetcalf on 08 Oct 2015
- Socrata Labs Export API Deprecation, $limit raised on new dataset APIs
- chrismetcalf on 31 Jul 2015
- Building SMS Applications with Twilio
- justgrimes on 09 Jul 2015
- Forecasting with RSocrata
- stuagano on 17 Jun 2015
- What makes a great "open data mashup"?
- chrismetcalf on 12 Jun 2015
- Open Data Mashup - Summer Jam Online Hackathon
- chrismetcalf on 02 Jun 2015
- Developer Support for National Day of Civic Hacking 2015
- chrismetcalf on 02 Jun 2015
- Pentaho Kettle ETL Toolkit
- Chicago on 29 May 2015
- Making a heatmap with R
- benunsworth on 20 May 2015
- Tracking Economic Development with Open Data and Predictive Algorithms
- chrismetcalf on 19 May 2015
- Streaming Geospatial Processing in the Socrata Platform
- velvia on 07 May 2015
- Socrata Civic Developer Newsletter: Important and exciting updates about the Socrata Open Data API
- chrismetcalf on 30 Apr 2015
- Migration to new, high-performance Socrata Open Data APIs
- chrismetcalf on 27 Apr 2015
- New advanced Export API introduced to labs.socrata.com
- chrismetcalf on 27 Apr 2015
- New global catalog search API introduced
- chrismetcalf on 27 Apr 2015
- Create a column chart with Highcharts
- marks on 30 Mar 2015
- "Thank a Govie" Today
- chrismetcalf on 06 Mar 2015
- Generating a within_box() query with Leaflet.js
- chriswhong on 10 Feb 2015
- Using a Wufoo form to write to a Socrata Dataset
- chriswhong on 09 Feb 2015
- Socrata announces support for Open Data Day and CodeAcross local events
- chrismetcalf on 30 Jan 2015
- Pushing Sensor Data to Socrata
- chriswhong on 11 Jan 2015
2014
- Using a jQueryUI date slider to build a SODA Query
- chriswhong on 24 Dec 2014
- Introduction to the FME Writer with Socrata
- Thom Robbins on 04 Dec 2014
- DataSync 101 with Socrata
- Thom Robbins on 24 Nov 2014
- Help Your Community Prepare for Flu Season by Deploying a Flu Shot Finder App
- chrismetcalf on 13 Nov 2014
- Data Ingress 101 with Socrata
- Thom Robbins on 13 Nov 2014
- Data Analysis with Python, Pandas, and Bokeh
- chrismetcalf on 04 Nov 2014
- App Tokens and Registrations - Developer Spotlight
- Thom Robbins on 15 Oct 2014
- Using the FME Socrata Writer
- alaurenz on 09 Oct 2014
- Webinar Wrap Up: Getting Started with Civic Application Development
- Thom Robbins on 08 Oct 2014
- Filtering Datasets with SoQl - Developer Spotlight
- Thom Robbins on 01 Oct 2014
- Animated Heatmap with Heatmap.js
- chriswhong on 01 Oct 2014
- Build a physical "Traffic Light"
- chrismetcalf on 26 Sep 2014
- Finding APIs with Socrata - Developer Spotlight
- Thom Robbins on 24 Sep 2014
- Improving the Developer Experience: New Libraries and SDKs, Community Contributions, and More
- chrismetcalf on 15 Sep 2014
- Webinar: Getting Started with Civic Application Development
- Thom Robbins on 05 Sep 2014
- Data Publishing 101: Ingress Basics with the SODA2 API, Socrata interface, and DataSync
- Thom Robbins on 29 Aug 2014
- Google Maps Mashup
- chrismetcalf on 31 May 2014
- Google Maps with KML
- chrismetcalf on 31 May 2014
- DataSync Version 1.0 Released
- alaurenz on 06 May 2014
- New Community-Powered Developer Portal Revitalizes Open Data
- chrismetcalf on 09 Apr 2014
- Upsert via soda-ruby
- on 26 Mar 2014
- Changes to the handling of NULLs in Upsert operations
- chrismetcalf on 11 Feb 2014
2013
- Simple column chart with D3
- chrismetcalf on 13 Aug 2013