
harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app
End-to-end data engineering and analytics application for Harvard Art Museums API with ETL pipelines, SQL analytics, and Streamlit visualization
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Harvard Art Museums Data Engineering App
Skill by ara.so — Data Skills collection.
This project provides an end-to-end data engineering and analytics application built on the Harvard Art Museums API. It demonstrates real-world ETL pipelines, SQL database design, analytical queries, and interactive visualization using Streamlit.
What This Project Does
The application follows a complete data pipeline: API → ETL → SQL → Analytics → Visualization
- Collects artifact data from Harvard Art Museums API with pagination and rate limiting
- Transforms nested JSON into normalized relational tables
- Loads data into MySQL/TiDB Cloud databases
- Analyzes with 20+ predefined SQL queries
- Visualizes results through interactive Plotly dashboards in Streamlit
Installation
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Manali0711/Harvard-Artifacts-Collection-Data-Engineering-Analytics-App.git
cd Harvard-Artifacts-Collection-Data-Engineering-Analytics-App
# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Set up environment variables
export HARVARD_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"
export DB_HOST="your_database_host"
export DB_USER="your_database_user"
export DB_PASSWORD="your_database_password"
export DB_NAME="harvard_artifacts"
Required dependencies:
streamlit
pandas
requests
mysql-connector-python
plotly
python-dotenv
Configuration
API Key Setup
Get a free API key from Harvard Art Museums API:
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
load_dotenv()
API_KEY = os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY')
BASE_URL = "https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object"
Database Connection
import mysql.connector
import os
db_config = {
'host': os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
'user': os.getenv('DB_USER'),
'password': os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
'database': os.getenv('DB_NAME')
}
connection = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
cursor = connection.cursor()
Database Schema
The application uses three normalized tables:
-- Artifact metadata table
CREATE TABLE artifactmetadata (
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
title VARCHAR(500),
culture VARCHAR(200),
century VARCHAR(100),
classification VARCHAR(200),
department VARCHAR(200),
dated VARCHAR(200),
medium VARCHAR(500),
technique VARCHAR(500),
period VARCHAR(200),
primaryimageurl TEXT,
verificationlevel INT,
accesslevel INT
);
-- Artifact media table
CREATE TABLE artifactmedia (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
artifact_id INT,
baseimageurl TEXT,
format VARCHAR(50),
height INT,
width INT,
FOREIGN KEY (artifact_id) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(id)
);
-- Artifact colors table
CREATE TABLE artifactcolors (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
artifact_id INT,
color VARCHAR(50),
spectrum VARCHAR(50),
percentage FLOAT,
FOREIGN KEY (artifact_id) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(id)
);
ETL Pipeline
Extract: Fetch Data from API
import requests
import time
def fetch_artifacts(api_key, num_records=100, page_size=100):
"""
Fetch artifacts from Harvard Art Museums API with pagination
"""
artifacts = []
url = f"{BASE_URL}?apikey={api_key}&size={page_size}"
pages_needed = (num_records + page_size - 1) // page_size
for page in range(1, pages_needed + 1):
try:
response = requests.get(f"{url}&page={page}")
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
artifacts.extend(data.get('records', []))
# Rate limiting
time.sleep(0.5)
if len(artifacts) >= num_records:
break
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error fetching page {page}: {e}")
break
return artifacts[:num_records]
Transform: Normalize JSON Data
import pandas as pd
def transform_artifact_data(artifacts):
"""
Transform nested JSON into normalized dataframes
"""
metadata_list = []
media_list = []
colors_list = []
for artifact in artifacts:
# Extract metadata
metadata = {
'id': artifact.get('id'),
'title': artifact.get('title'),
'culture': artifact.get('culture'),
'century': artifact.get('century'),
'classification': artifact.get('classification'),
'department': artifact.get('department'),
'dated': artifact.get('dated'),
'medium': artifact.get('medium'),
'technique': artifact.get('technique'),
'period': artifact.get('period'),
'primaryimageurl': artifact.get('primaryimageurl'),
'verificationlevel': artifact.get('verificationlevel'),
'accesslevel': artifact.get('accesslevel')
}
metadata_list.append(metadata)
# Extract images/media
images = artifact.get('images', [])
for img in images:
media = {
'artifact_id': artifact.get('id'),
'baseimageurl': img.get('baseimageurl'),
'format': img.get('format'),
'height': img.get('height'),
'width': img.get('width')
}
media_list.append(media)
# Extract colors
colors = artifact.get('colors', [])
for color in colors:
color_entry = {
'artifact_id': artifact.get('id'),
'color': color.get('color'),
'spectrum': color.get('spectrum'),
'percentage': color.get('percent')
}
colors_list.append(color_entry)
return (
pd.DataFrame(metadata_list),
pd.DataFrame(media_list),
pd.DataFrame(colors_list)
)
Load: Insert into Database
def load_to_database(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df, connection):
"""
Load dataframes into SQL database with batch inserts
"""
cursor = connection.cursor()
# Insert metadata
metadata_query = """
INSERT INTO artifactmetadata
(id, title, culture, century, classification, department, dated,
medium, technique, period, primaryimageurl, verificationlevel, accesslevel)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE title=VALUES(title)
"""
metadata_values = metadata_df.values.tolist()
cursor.executemany(metadata_query, metadata_values)
# Insert media
media_query = """
INSERT INTO artifactmedia (artifact_id, baseimageurl, format, height, width)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
"""
media_values = media_df.values.tolist()
cursor.executemany(media_query, media_values)
# Insert colors
colors_query = """
INSERT INTO artifactcolors (artifact_id, color, spectrum, percentage)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)
"""
colors_values = colors_df.values.tolist()
cursor.executemany(colors_query, colors_values)
connection.commit()
cursor.close()
Streamlit Application
Main App Structure
import streamlit as st
import plotly.express as px
st.set_page_config(page_title="Harvard Art Analytics", layout="wide")
# Sidebar for data collection
with st.sidebar:
st.header("Data Collection")
num_records = st.slider("Number of records", 10, 500, 100)
if st.button("Fetch & Load Data"):
with st.spinner("Fetching artifacts..."):
artifacts = fetch_artifacts(API_KEY, num_records)
metadata_df, media_df, colors_df = transform_artifact_data(artifacts)
load_to_database(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df, connection)
st.success(f"Loaded {len(metadata_df)} artifacts!")
# Main dashboard
st.title("🎨 Harvard Art Museums Analytics Dashboard")
# Analytics section
st.header("SQL Analytics")
# Sample queries
queries = {
"Artifacts by Culture": """
SELECT culture, COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE culture IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY culture
ORDER BY count DESC
LIMIT 10
""",
"Artifacts by Century": """
SELECT century, COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE century IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY century
ORDER BY count DESC
""",
"Media Availability": """
SELECT
CASE WHEN primaryimageurl IS NOT NULL THEN 'Has Image' ELSE 'No Image' END as status,
COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
GROUP BY status
""",
"Top Colors Used": """
SELECT color, COUNT(*) as count, AVG(percentage) as avg_percentage
FROM artifactcolors
GROUP BY color
ORDER BY count DESC
LIMIT 10
""",
"Artifacts by Department": """
SELECT department, COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE department IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY department
ORDER BY count DESC
"""
}
selected_query = st.selectbox("Select Analysis", list(queries.keys()))
if st.button("Run Analysis"):
cursor = connection.cursor(dictionary=True)
cursor.execute(queries[selected_query])
results = cursor.fetchall()
cursor.close()
df_results = pd.DataFrame(results)
col1, col2 = st.columns([1, 1])
with col1:
st.dataframe(df_results, use_container_width=True)
with col2:
if len(df_results.columns) >= 2:
fig = px.bar(
df_results,
x=df_results.columns[0],
y=df_results.columns[1],
title=selected_query
)
st.plotly_chart(fig, use_container_width=True)
Common Patterns
Running the Complete ETL Pipeline
def run_etl_pipeline(api_key, db_config, num_records=100):
"""
Execute complete ETL pipeline
"""
# Extract
print("Extracting data from API...")
artifacts = fetch_artifacts(api_key, num_records)
# Transform
print("Transforming data...")
metadata_df, media_df, colors_df = transform_artifact_data(artifacts)
# Load
print("Loading to database...")
connection = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
load_to_database(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df, connection)
connection.close()
print(f"ETL pipeline complete: {len(metadata_df)} artifacts processed")
return metadata_df, media_df, colors_df
Incremental Data Loading
def get_latest_artifact_id(connection):
"""
Get the highest artifact ID in database
"""
cursor = connection.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT MAX(id) FROM artifactmetadata")
result = cursor.fetchone()
cursor.close()
return result[0] if result[0] else 0
def incremental_load(api_key, db_config):
"""
Load only new artifacts
"""
connection = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
last_id = get_latest_artifact_id(connection)
# Fetch artifacts with ID filter
url = f"{BASE_URL}?apikey={api_key}&after={last_id}"
# Continue with ETL...
Key Commands
Run Streamlit App
streamlit run app.py
Database Setup
# Create database
mysql -u $DB_USER -p -e "CREATE DATABASE harvard_artifacts;"
# Run schema creation
mysql -u $DB_USER -p harvard_artifacts < schema.sql
Troubleshooting
API Rate Limiting
If you hit rate limits, increase the delay:
time.sleep(1) # Increase from 0.5 to 1 second
Database Connection Issues
# Test connection
try:
connection = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
print("Connection successful!")
connection.close()
except mysql.connector.Error as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
Missing Data Handling
# Handle None values before inserting
def safe_value(val, default=''):
return val if val is not None else default
metadata = {
'title': safe_value(artifact.get('title')),
'culture': safe_value(artifact.get('culture'))
}
Memory Issues with Large Datasets
# Process in chunks
chunk_size = 100
for i in range(0, total_records, chunk_size):
chunk = artifacts[i:i+chunk_size]
process_chunk(chunk)
FAQ
What does the harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app skill do?
End-to-end data engineering and analytics application for Harvard Art Museums API with ETL pipelines, SQL analytics, and Streamlit visualization
How do I install harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/reason-machines/data-skills --skill harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app/ (personal) or .claude/skills/harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app/ (project).
Which AI agents can use harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains harvard-art-museums-data-engineering-app?
It is published by reason-machines in reason-machines/data-skills. It has 1,861 recorded installs.
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