
harvard-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics
Build end-to-end ETL pipelines and analytics dashboards using the Harvard Art Museums API with Python, SQL, and Streamlit
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Harvard Artifacts Data Engineering Analytics
Skill by ara.so — Data Skills collection
This project provides an end-to-end data engineering and analytics application for 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 implements a complete data pipeline:
- Extract: Fetches artifact data from Harvard Art Museums API with pagination and rate limiting
- Transform: Processes nested JSON into relational database tables (metadata, media, colors)
- Load: Batch inserts transformed data into MySQL/TiDB Cloud
- Analyze: Executes 20+ predefined SQL queries for insights
- Visualize: Renders interactive dashboards with Plotly charts 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"
Configuration
API Key Setup
Obtain an API key from Harvard Art Museums API:
import os
import requests
API_KEY = os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY')
BASE_URL = "https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object"
# Test API connection
response = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}?apikey={API_KEY}&size=1")
if response.status_code == 200:
print("API connection successful")
Database Configuration
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'),
'port': int(os.getenv('DB_PORT', 3306))
}
conn = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
cursor = conn.cursor()
Database Schema
The project uses three main tables:
-- Artifact metadata table
CREATE TABLE artifactmetadata (
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
title VARCHAR(500),
culture VARCHAR(255),
century VARCHAR(100),
classification VARCHAR(255),
department VARCHAR(255),
dated VARCHAR(255),
technique VARCHAR(500),
medium VARCHAR(500),
period VARCHAR(255),
provenance TEXT,
creditline TEXT,
accession_number VARCHAR(255),
division VARCHAR(255)
);
-- Artifact media table
CREATE TABLE artifactmedia (
artifact_id INT,
baseimageurl VARCHAR(500),
primaryimageurl VARCHAR(500),
has_image BOOLEAN,
total_images INT,
FOREIGN KEY (artifact_id) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(id)
);
-- Artifact colors table
CREATE TABLE artifactcolors (
artifact_id INT,
color VARCHAR(50),
percentage FLOAT,
FOREIGN KEY (artifact_id) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(id)
);
ETL Pipeline Implementation
Extract Phase
import requests
import time
def fetch_artifacts(api_key, page=1, size=100):
"""Fetch artifacts from Harvard Art Museums API with pagination"""
url = f"https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object"
params = {
'apikey': api_key,
'page': page,
'size': size
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params)
response.raise_for_status()
# Rate limiting
time.sleep(0.5)
return response.json()
def extract_all_artifacts(api_key, max_pages=10):
"""Extract multiple pages of artifact data"""
all_artifacts = []
for page in range(1, max_pages + 1):
data = fetch_artifacts(api_key, page=page)
artifacts = data.get('records', [])
all_artifacts.extend(artifacts)
if not artifacts:
break
return all_artifacts
Transform Phase
import pandas as pd
def transform_artifacts(raw_artifacts):
"""Transform raw API data into structured dataframes"""
metadata_list = []
media_list = []
colors_list = []
for artifact in raw_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'),
'technique': artifact.get('technique'),
'medium': artifact.get('medium'),
'period': artifact.get('period'),
'provenance': artifact.get('provenance'),
'creditline': artifact.get('creditline'),
'accession_number': artifact.get('accessionyear'),
'division': artifact.get('division')
}
metadata_list.append(metadata)
# Extract media information
media = {
'artifact_id': artifact.get('id'),
'baseimageurl': artifact.get('baseimageurl'),
'primaryimageurl': artifact.get('primaryimageurl'),
'has_image': 1 if artifact.get('primaryimageurl') else 0,
'total_images': artifact.get('totalpageviews', 0)
}
media_list.append(media)
# Extract color data
colors = artifact.get('colors', [])
for color in colors:
color_data = {
'artifact_id': artifact.get('id'),
'color': color.get('color'),
'percentage': color.get('percent')
}
colors_list.append(color_data)
return (
pd.DataFrame(metadata_list),
pd.DataFrame(media_list),
pd.DataFrame(colors_list)
)
Load Phase
def load_to_database(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df, db_config):
"""Batch insert dataframes into MySQL database"""
import mysql.connector
conn = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
cursor = conn.cursor()
# Load metadata
for _, row in metadata_df.iterrows():
query = """
INSERT INTO artifactmetadata
(id, title, culture, century, classification, department, dated,
technique, medium, period, provenance, creditline, accession_number, division)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE title=VALUES(title)
"""
cursor.execute(query, tuple(row))
# Load media
for _, row in media_df.iterrows():
query = """
INSERT INTO artifactmedia
(artifact_id, baseimageurl, primaryimageurl, has_image, total_images)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
"""
cursor.execute(query, tuple(row))
# Load colors
for _, row in colors_df.iterrows():
query = """
INSERT INTO artifactcolors
(artifact_id, color, percentage)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s)
"""
cursor.execute(query, tuple(row))
conn.commit()
cursor.close()
conn.close()
Streamlit Application
Main App Structure
import streamlit as st
import pandas as pd
import plotly.express as px
import mysql.connector
import os
st.set_page_config(page_title="Harvard Artifacts Analytics", layout="wide")
# Sidebar configuration
st.sidebar.title("Harvard Art Museums Analytics")
st.sidebar.markdown("### Configuration")
# Database connection
@st.cache_resource
def get_database_connection():
return mysql.connector.connect(
host=os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
user=os.getenv('DB_USER'),
password=os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
database=os.getenv('DB_NAME')
)
def execute_query(query):
"""Execute SQL query and return results as DataFrame"""
conn = get_database_connection()
df = pd.read_sql(query, conn)
return df
# Main content
st.title("🎨 Harvard Art Museums Collection Analytics")
# ETL Pipeline Section
if st.sidebar.button("Run ETL Pipeline"):
with st.spinner("Fetching data from API..."):
api_key = os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY')
artifacts = extract_all_artifacts(api_key, max_pages=5)
st.success(f"Extracted {len(artifacts)} artifacts")
with st.spinner("Transforming data..."):
metadata_df, media_df, colors_df = transform_artifacts(artifacts)
st.success("Data transformation complete")
with st.spinner("Loading to database..."):
db_config = {
'host': os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
'user': os.getenv('DB_USER'),
'password': os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
'database': os.getenv('DB_NAME')
}
load_to_database(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df, db_config)
st.success("Data loaded successfully!")
Analytics Queries
# Predefined analytical queries
QUERIES = {
"Artifacts by Culture": """
SELECT culture, COUNT(*) as artifact_count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE culture IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY culture
ORDER BY artifact_count DESC
LIMIT 15
""",
"Artifacts by Century": """
SELECT century, COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE century IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY century
ORDER BY count DESC
""",
"Top Colors Used": """
SELECT color, COUNT(*) as frequency, AVG(percentage) as avg_percentage
FROM artifactcolors
GROUP BY color
ORDER BY frequency DESC
LIMIT 10
""",
"Media Availability": """
SELECT
has_image,
COUNT(*) as count,
ROUND(COUNT(*) * 100.0 / SUM(COUNT(*)) OVER (), 2) as percentage
FROM artifactmedia
GROUP BY has_image
""",
"Artifacts by Department": """
SELECT department, COUNT(*) as total_artifacts
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE department IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY department
ORDER BY total_artifacts DESC
"""
}
# Query selector
query_name = st.selectbox("Select Analysis", list(QUERIES.keys()))
if st.button("Run Query"):
df = execute_query(QUERIES[query_name])
# Display results
st.dataframe(df)
# Auto-generate visualization
if len(df.columns) >= 2:
fig = px.bar(df, x=df.columns[0], y=df.columns[1],
title=query_name)
st.plotly_chart(fig, use_container_width=True)
Common Patterns
Pattern 1: Incremental Data Loading
def get_latest_artifact_id(cursor):
"""Get the most recent artifact ID in database"""
cursor.execute("SELECT MAX(id) FROM artifactmetadata")
result = cursor.fetchone()
return result[0] if result[0] else 0
def incremental_etl(api_key, db_config):
"""Load only new artifacts since last ETL run"""
conn = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
cursor = conn.cursor()
latest_id = get_latest_artifact_id(cursor)
# Fetch only newer artifacts
artifacts = fetch_artifacts(api_key, size=100)
new_artifacts = [a for a in artifacts if a.get('id', 0) > latest_id]
if new_artifacts:
metadata_df, media_df, colors_df = transform_artifacts(new_artifacts)
load_to_database(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df, db_config)
cursor.close()
conn.close()
Pattern 2: Error Handling and Logging
import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def safe_fetch_artifacts(api_key, page=1, max_retries=3):
"""Fetch with retry logic"""
for attempt in range(max_retries):
try:
data = fetch_artifacts(api_key, page)
logger.info(f"Successfully fetched page {page}")
return data
except requests.RequestException as e:
logger.error(f"Attempt {attempt + 1} failed: {e}")
if attempt == max_retries - 1:
raise
time.sleep(2 ** attempt) # Exponential backoff
Running the Application
# Start the Streamlit app
streamlit run app.py
# Access the dashboard at http://localhost:8501
Troubleshooting
API Rate Limiting: If you encounter 429 errors, increase the sleep time between requests:
time.sleep(1) # Increase from 0.5 to 1 second
Database Connection Issues: Verify environment variables are set:
import os
print(f"DB Host: {os.getenv('DB_HOST')}")
print(f"DB User: {os.getenv('DB_USER')}")
Missing Data Fields: Handle None values in transformations:
metadata = {
'title': artifact.get('title', 'Unknown'),
'culture': artifact.get('culture') or 'Unknown'
}
Memory Issues with Large Datasets: Use batch processing:
BATCH_SIZE = 1000
for i in range(0, len(metadata_df), BATCH_SIZE):
batch = metadata_df.iloc[i:i+BATCH_SIZE]
load_batch(batch, db_config)
FAQ
What does the harvard-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics skill do?
Build end-to-end ETL pipelines and analytics dashboards using the Harvard Art Museums API with Python, SQL, and Streamlit
How do I install harvard-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/reason-machines/data-skills --skill harvard-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics 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-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics/ (personal) or .claude/skills/harvard-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics/ (project).
Which AI agents can use harvard-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics?
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Is harvard-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics safe to install?
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Who maintains harvard-artifacts-data-engineering-analytics?
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