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Additional Resources

Curated resources to help you deepen your knowledge of platform data analysis, APIs, SQL, and digital platform research.

Official Documentation

European Commission - DSA

  • Digital Services Act Overview
  • List of VLOPs and VLOSEs

EDMO - European Digital Media Observatory

  • EDMO Homepage

Platform API Documentation

Official API documentation for VLOPs (Very Large Online Platforms) and VLOSEs (Very Large Online Search Engines) designated under the EU Digital Services Act.

Social Media Platforms

Meta Graph API (Facebook/Instagram)
X (Twitter) API Documentation
TikTok Research API
YouTube Data API
LinkedIn Marketing API
Snapchat Marketing API
Pinterest API
Wikipedia MediaWiki API

E-Commerce Platforms

Amazon Selling Partner API
AliExpress Open Platform
Zalando Partner API

App Stores & Other Platforms

Google Play Developer API
Apple App Store Connect API
Google Maps Platform APIs
Booking.com API

Search Engines

Google Custom Search API
Bing Web Search API

Alternative & Open Source

Mastodon API Documentation

SQL Learning Resources

W3Schools SQL Tutorial

Comprehensive beginner-friendly SQL tutorial

Mode SQL Tutorial

Advanced SQL for data analysis

Select Star SQL

Interactive SQL book with exercises

Our SQL Playground →

Practice SQL with platform data

API & Programming Resources

REST API Tutorial

Complete guide to REST APIs

Postman Learning Center

Test and explore APIs

Python Requests Library

Popular Python library for HTTP requests

Our API Guide →

Learn APIs with interactive demos

Research & Analysis Tools

R for Data Science

Free book on data analysis with R

Pandas Documentation

Python library for data manipulation

Tableau Training

Data visualization platform

Academic Resources

Social Science One

Academic research partnership with platforms

Center for Social Media Responsibility

Research on social media impacts

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