
harvard-artifacts-collection-analytics-etl
ETL pipeline and analytics app for Harvard Art Museums API with SQL storage and Streamlit visualization
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Harvard Artifacts Collection Analytics ETL
Skill by ara.so — Data Skills collection.
Overview
This project provides an end-to-end data engineering solution for the Harvard Art Museums API. It demonstrates a production-ready ETL pipeline that extracts artifact data, transforms nested JSON structures into relational tables, loads data into SQL databases (MySQL/TiDB), and provides interactive analytics through a Streamlit dashboard with Plotly visualizations.
Architecture Flow: API → ETL → SQL → Analytics → Visualization
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="your_database_name"
Required packages:
streamlit
pandas
requests
mysql-connector-python
plotly
python-dotenv
Project Structure
harvard-artifacts-collection/
├── app.py # Main Streamlit application
├── etl_pipeline.py # ETL logic for data extraction & transformation
├── database_setup.py # SQL schema and connection management
├── analytics_queries.py # Predefined SQL analytical queries
├── config.py # Configuration and environment variables
└── requirements.txt
Database Schema
The pipeline creates three relational tables:
-- Artifact metadata table
CREATE TABLE artifactmetadata (
artifact_id INT PRIMARY KEY,
title VARCHAR(500),
culture VARCHAR(255),
century VARCHAR(100),
classification VARCHAR(255),
department VARCHAR(255),
dated VARCHAR(255),
description TEXT,
division VARCHAR(255),
medium VARCHAR(500),
period VARCHAR(255),
technique VARCHAR(500),
url VARCHAR(500)
);
-- Artifact media table
CREATE TABLE artifactmedia (
media_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
artifact_id INT,
baseimageurl VARCHAR(500),
iiifbaseuri VARCHAR(500),
primaryimageurl VARCHAR(500),
FOREIGN KEY (artifact_id) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(artifact_id)
);
-- Artifact colors table
CREATE TABLE artifactcolors (
color_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
artifact_id INT,
color VARCHAR(50),
percentage FLOAT,
FOREIGN KEY (artifact_id) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(artifact_id)
);
ETL Pipeline Implementation
1. Extract Data from Harvard API
import requests
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
load_dotenv()
def extract_artifacts(num_artifacts=100):
"""Extract artifact data from Harvard Art Museums API with pagination."""
api_key = os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY')
base_url = "https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object"
artifacts = []
page = 1
size = 100 # Max per page
while len(artifacts) < num_artifacts:
params = {
'apikey': api_key,
'page': page,
'size': min(size, num_artifacts - len(artifacts))
}
response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)
if response.status_code == 200:
data = response.json()
artifacts.extend(data.get('records', []))
if not data.get('records') or len(artifacts) >= num_artifacts:
break
page += 1
else:
print(f"API Error: {response.status_code}")
break
return artifacts[:num_artifacts]
2. Transform Data
import pandas as pd
def transform_artifacts(raw_data):
"""Transform nested JSON into relational dataframes."""
# Transform metadata
metadata_records = []
media_records = []
color_records = []
for artifact in raw_data:
artifact_id = artifact.get('id')
# Extract metadata
metadata = {
'artifact_id': artifact_id,
'title': artifact.get('title', '')[:500],
'culture': artifact.get('culture', '')[:255],
'century': artifact.get('century', '')[:100],
'classification': artifact.get('classification', '')[:255],
'department': artifact.get('department', '')[:255],
'dated': artifact.get('dated', '')[:255],
'description': artifact.get('description', ''),
'division': artifact.get('division', '')[:255],
'medium': artifact.get('medium', '')[:500],
'period': artifact.get('period', '')[:255],
'technique': artifact.get('technique', '')[:500],
'url': artifact.get('url', '')[:500]
}
metadata_records.append(metadata)
# Extract media information
media = {
'artifact_id': artifact_id,
'baseimageurl': artifact.get('baseimageurl', '')[:500],
'iiifbaseuri': artifact.get('iiifbaseuri', '')[:500],
'primaryimageurl': artifact.get('primaryimageurl', '')[:500]
}
media_records.append(media)
# Extract color data
colors = artifact.get('colors', [])
for color_data in colors:
color_record = {
'artifact_id': artifact_id,
'color': color_data.get('color', '')[:50],
'percentage': color_data.get('percent', 0.0)
}
color_records.append(color_record)
return (
pd.DataFrame(metadata_records),
pd.DataFrame(media_records),
pd.DataFrame(color_records)
)
3. Load Data to SQL
import mysql.connector
from mysql.connector import Error
def create_connection():
"""Create database connection."""
try:
connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host=os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
user=os.getenv('DB_USER'),
password=os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
database=os.getenv('DB_NAME')
)
return connection
except Error as e:
print(f"Database connection error: {e}")
return None
def load_data(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df):
"""Batch insert data into SQL tables."""
connection = create_connection()
if not connection:
return False
cursor = connection.cursor()
try:
# Insert metadata
metadata_query = """
INSERT INTO artifactmetadata
(artifact_id, title, culture, century, classification, department,
dated, description, division, medium, period, technique, url)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE title=VALUES(title)
"""
cursor.executemany(metadata_query, metadata_df.values.tolist())
# Insert media
media_query = """
INSERT INTO artifactmedia
(artifact_id, baseimageurl, iiifbaseuri, primaryimageurl)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)
"""
cursor.executemany(media_query, media_df.values.tolist())
# Insert colors
if not colors_df.empty:
colors_query = """
INSERT INTO artifactcolors
(artifact_id, color, percentage)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s)
"""
cursor.executemany(colors_query, colors_df.values.tolist())
connection.commit()
print("Data loaded successfully!")
return True
except Error as e:
print(f"Load error: {e}")
connection.rollback()
return False
finally:
cursor.close()
connection.close()
Analytics Queries
# Example analytical queries
ANALYTICS_QUERIES = {
"Artifacts by Culture": """
SELECT culture, COUNT(*) as artifact_count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE culture IS NOT NULL AND culture != ''
GROUP BY culture
ORDER BY artifact_count DESC
LIMIT 20
""",
"Artifacts by Century": """
SELECT century, COUNT(*) as artifact_count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE century IS NOT NULL AND century != ''
GROUP BY century
ORDER BY artifact_count DESC
""",
"Artifacts with Images": """
SELECT
CASE WHEN primaryimageurl IS NOT NULL THEN 'With Image'
ELSE 'No Image' END as image_status,
COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmedia
GROUP BY image_status
""",
"Top Colors Used": """
SELECT color, COUNT(*) as usage_count, AVG(percentage) as avg_percentage
FROM artifactcolors
WHERE color IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY color
ORDER BY usage_count DESC
LIMIT 15
""",
"Department Distribution": """
SELECT department, COUNT(*) as artifact_count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE department IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY department
ORDER BY artifact_count DESC
""",
"Classification Overview": """
SELECT classification, COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE classification IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY classification
ORDER BY count DESC
LIMIT 20
"""
}
def execute_query(query_name):
"""Execute analytical query and return results as DataFrame."""
connection = create_connection()
if not connection:
return None
query = ANALYTICS_QUERIES.get(query_name)
if not query:
return None
try:
df = pd.read_sql(query, connection)
return df
except Error as e:
print(f"Query error: {e}")
return None
finally:
connection.close()
Streamlit Application
import streamlit as st
import plotly.express as px
def main():
st.title("🏛️ Harvard Art Museums Analytics Dashboard")
# Sidebar for ETL operations
st.sidebar.header("ETL Pipeline")
num_artifacts = st.sidebar.number_input(
"Number of artifacts to collect",
min_value=10,
max_value=1000,
value=100
)
if st.sidebar.button("Run ETL Pipeline"):
with st.spinner("Extracting data from API..."):
raw_data = extract_artifacts(num_artifacts)
st.success(f"Extracted {len(raw_data)} artifacts")
with st.spinner("Transforming data..."):
metadata_df, media_df, colors_df = transform_artifacts(raw_data)
st.success("Data transformed successfully")
with st.spinner("Loading to database..."):
success = load_data(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df)
if success:
st.success("Data loaded to SQL database!")
# Analytics section
st.header("📊 Analytics Dashboard")
query_choice = st.selectbox(
"Select Analysis",
list(ANALYTICS_QUERIES.keys())
)
if st.button("Run Analysis"):
results_df = execute_query(query_choice)
if results_df is not None and not results_df.empty:
st.dataframe(results_df)
# Auto-generate visualization
if len(results_df.columns) == 2:
fig = px.bar(
results_df,
x=results_df.columns[0],
y=results_df.columns[1],
title=query_choice
)
st.plotly_chart(fig, use_container_width=True)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Running the Application
# Start the Streamlit dashboard
streamlit run app.py
# Access at http://localhost:8501
Common Patterns
Rate Limiting API Requests
import time
def extract_artifacts_with_rate_limit(num_artifacts=100, delay=0.5):
"""Extract with rate limiting to avoid API throttling."""
artifacts = []
page = 1
while len(artifacts) < num_artifacts:
# Make request
data = fetch_page(page)
artifacts.extend(data)
page += 1
# Rate limit
time.sleep(delay)
return artifacts
Handling Missing Data
def safe_extract(artifact, key, default='', max_length=None):
"""Safely extract values with defaults and length constraints."""
value = artifact.get(key, default)
if max_length and isinstance(value, str):
return value[:max_length]
return value
Troubleshooting
API Key Error: Ensure HARVARD_API_KEY is set in environment variables. Get your key from https://docs.harvardartmuseums.org/
Database Connection Issues: Verify database credentials and ensure the database exists:
# Test connection
connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host=os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
user=os.getenv('DB_USER'),
password=os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD')
)
cursor = connection.cursor()
cursor.execute(f"CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS {os.getenv('DB_NAME')}")
Memory Issues with Large Datasets: Process data in batches:
def batch_load(df, batch_size=1000):
for i in range(0, len(df), batch_size):
batch = df[i:i+batch_size]
load_batch_to_db(batch)
Empty Query Results: Check if ETL pipeline has run and data exists in tables:
# Verify data
cursor.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM artifactmetadata")
count = cursor.fetchone()[0]
print(f"Total artifacts in database: {count}")
FAQ
What does the harvard-artifacts-collection-analytics-etl skill do?
ETL pipeline and analytics app for Harvard Art Museums API with SQL storage and Streamlit visualization
How do I install harvard-artifacts-collection-analytics-etl?
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