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harvard-artifacts-data-pipeline

Build end-to-end data engineering pipelines using Harvard Art Museums API with ETL, SQL analytics, and Streamlit visualization

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Harvard Artifacts Data Pipeline

Skill by ara.so — Data Skills collection.

What This Project Does

The Harvard Artifacts Collection Data Engineering & Analytics App is an end-to-end data pipeline that demonstrates professional ETL workflows. It fetches artifact data from the Harvard Art Museums API, transforms it into structured relational tables, stores it in MySQL/TiDB Cloud, and provides interactive analytics through a Streamlit dashboard with Plotly visualizations.

Key capabilities:

  • API data extraction with pagination and rate limiting
  • ETL transformations for nested JSON to relational schema
  • SQL database design with proper foreign keys
  • 20+ predefined analytical queries
  • Interactive visualization dashboards

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 packages:

streamlit
pandas
requests
mysql-connector-python
plotly
python-dotenv

Configuration

API Setup

Get your Harvard Art Museums API key from: https://docs.harvardartmuseums.org/

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

API_KEY = os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY')
BASE_URL = "https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object"

Database Schema

The project uses three main tables:

-- Artifact metadata table
CREATE TABLE artifactmetadata (
    objectid INT PRIMARY KEY,
    title VARCHAR(500),
    culture VARCHAR(200),
    century VARCHAR(100),
    division VARCHAR(200),
    classification VARCHAR(200),
    dated VARCHAR(200),
    accessionyear INT,
    peoplecount INT,
    totalpageviews INT
);

-- Artifact media table
CREATE TABLE artifactmedia (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    objectid INT,
    imagecount INT,
    videocount INT,
    hasimage BOOLEAN,
    primaryimageurl TEXT,
    FOREIGN KEY (objectid) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(objectid)
);

-- Artifact colors table
CREATE TABLE artifactcolors (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    objectid INT,
    color VARCHAR(50),
    spectrum VARCHAR(50),
    hue VARCHAR(50),
    percent FLOAT,
    FOREIGN KEY (objectid) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(objectid)
);

Key API Patterns

Fetching Artifacts with Pagination

import requests
import pandas as pd

def fetch_artifacts(api_key, num_records=100, page_size=100):
    """
    Fetch artifacts from Harvard Art Museums API with pagination
    """
    url = f"https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object"
    params = {
        'apikey': api_key,
        'size': page_size,
        'page': 1
    }
    
    all_records = []
    
    while len(all_records) < num_records:
        response = requests.get(url, params=params)
        
        if response.status_code != 200:
            print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
            break
            
        data = response.json()
        records = data.get('records', [])
        
        if not records:
            break
            
        all_records.extend(records)
        params['page'] += 1
        
        # Rate limiting
        import time
        time.sleep(0.5)
    
    return all_records[:num_records]

ETL Transformation

def transform_artifacts(raw_data):
    """
    Transform raw API data into structured DataFrames
    """
    metadata_list = []
    media_list = []
    colors_list = []
    
    for artifact in raw_data:
        # Extract metadata
        metadata = {
            'objectid': artifact.get('objectid'),
            'title': artifact.get('title'),
            'culture': artifact.get('culture'),
            'century': artifact.get('century'),
            'division': artifact.get('division'),
            'classification': artifact.get('classification'),
            'dated': artifact.get('dated'),
            'accessionyear': artifact.get('accessionyear'),
            'peoplecount': artifact.get('peoplecount', 0),
            'totalpageviews': artifact.get('totalpageviews', 0)
        }
        metadata_list.append(metadata)
        
        # Extract media info
        media = {
            'objectid': artifact.get('objectid'),
            'imagecount': artifact.get('imagecount', 0),
            'videocount': artifact.get('videocount', 0),
            'hasimage': artifact.get('primaryimageurl') is not None,
            'primaryimageurl': artifact.get('primaryimageurl')
        }
        media_list.append(media)
        
        # Extract colors
        colors = artifact.get('colors', [])
        for color in colors:
            color_data = {
                'objectid': artifact.get('objectid'),
                'color': color.get('color'),
                'spectrum': color.get('spectrum'),
                'hue': color.get('hue'),
                'percent': color.get('percent')
            }
            colors_list.append(color_data)
    
    return (
        pd.DataFrame(metadata_list),
        pd.DataFrame(media_list),
        pd.DataFrame(colors_list)
    )

Database Operations

Loading Data into MySQL

import mysql.connector
from mysql.connector import Error

def create_database_connection():
    """
    Create MySQL 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"Error connecting to MySQL: {e}")
        return None

def batch_insert_metadata(df_metadata, connection):
    """
    Batch insert artifact metadata
    """
    cursor = connection.cursor()
    
    insert_query = """
    INSERT INTO artifactmetadata 
    (objectid, title, culture, century, division, classification, 
     dated, accessionyear, peoplecount, totalpageviews)
    VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
    ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
    title=VALUES(title), culture=VALUES(culture)
    """
    
    data_tuples = [tuple(row) for row in df_metadata.values]
    
    try:
        cursor.executemany(insert_query, data_tuples)
        connection.commit()
        print(f"Inserted {cursor.rowcount} records into artifactmetadata")
    except Error as e:
        print(f"Error inserting data: {e}")
        connection.rollback()
    finally:
        cursor.close()

Analytical SQL Queries

Example Queries

ANALYTICAL_QUERIES = {
    "Top 10 Cultures by Artifact Count": """
        SELECT culture, COUNT(*) as artifact_count
        FROM artifactmetadata
        WHERE culture IS NOT NULL
        GROUP BY culture
        ORDER BY artifact_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
    """,
    
    "Image Availability Analysis": """
        SELECT 
            hasimage,
            COUNT(*) as count,
            ROUND(COUNT(*) * 100.0 / (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM artifactmedia), 2) as percentage
        FROM artifactmedia
        GROUP BY hasimage
    """,
    
    "Top Colors Used": """
        SELECT color, COUNT(*) as usage_count, AVG(percent) as avg_percentage
        FROM artifactcolors
        WHERE color IS NOT NULL
        GROUP BY color
        ORDER BY usage_count DESC
        LIMIT 10
    """,
    
    "Most Viewed Artifacts": """
        SELECT title, culture, totalpageviews
        FROM artifactmetadata
        WHERE totalpageviews > 0
        ORDER BY totalpageviews DESC
        LIMIT 10
    """
}

Streamlit Dashboard

Basic App Structure

import streamlit as st
import plotly.express as px

def main():
    st.set_page_config(page_title="Harvard Artifacts Analytics", layout="wide")
    
    st.title("🏛️ Harvard Art Museums - Data Analytics Dashboard")
    
    # Sidebar configuration
    st.sidebar.header("Configuration")
    
    # API Data Collection
    if st.sidebar.button("Fetch New Data"):
        with st.spinner("Fetching artifacts..."):
            raw_data = fetch_artifacts(API_KEY, num_records=500)
            df_meta, df_media, df_colors = transform_artifacts(raw_data)
            
            # Load to database
            conn = create_database_connection()
            if conn:
                batch_insert_metadata(df_meta, conn)
                # ... insert other tables
                st.success("Data loaded successfully!")
    
    # Analytics Section
    st.header("📊 SQL Analytics")
    
    query_name = st.selectbox("Select Analysis", list(ANALYTICAL_QUERIES.keys()))
    
    if st.button("Run Query"):
        conn = create_database_connection()
        if conn:
            df_result = pd.read_sql(ANALYTICAL_QUERIES[query_name], conn)
            
            st.subheader("Query Results")
            st.dataframe(df_result)
            
            # Auto-generate visualization
            if len(df_result.columns) >= 2:
                fig = px.bar(
                    df_result,
                    x=df_result.columns[0],
                    y=df_result.columns[1],
                    title=query_name
                )
                st.plotly_chart(fig, use_container_width=True)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Running the Application

# Start the Streamlit app
streamlit run app.py

# The app will be available at http://localhost:8501

Common Patterns

Error Handling for API Calls

def safe_api_fetch(url, params, max_retries=3):
    """
    Fetch data with retry logic
    """
    for attempt in range(max_retries):
        try:
            response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=10)
            response.raise_for_status()
            return response.json()
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            if attempt == max_retries - 1:
                raise
            time.sleep(2 ** attempt)  # Exponential backoff
    return None

Data Validation

def validate_artifact_data(df):
    """
    Validate DataFrame before database insertion
    """
    # Remove duplicates
    df = df.drop_duplicates(subset=['objectid'])
    
    # Handle null values
    df['culture'] = df['culture'].fillna('Unknown')
    df['century'] = df['century'].fillna('Unknown')
    
    # Validate data types
    df['accessionyear'] = pd.to_numeric(df['accessionyear'], errors='coerce')
    
    return df

Troubleshooting

API Rate Limiting:

# Add delays between requests
import time
time.sleep(0.5)  # 500ms delay

# Use session for connection pooling
session = requests.Session()
response = session.get(url, params=params)

Database Connection Issues:

# Test connection
def test_db_connection():
    try:
        conn = create_database_connection()
        if conn and conn.is_connected():
            print("Database connection successful")
            conn.close()
            return True
    except Error as e:
        print(f"Connection failed: {e}")
        return False

Memory Management for Large Datasets:

# Process in chunks
def fetch_in_batches(total_records, batch_size=100):
    for start in range(0, total_records, batch_size):
        batch = fetch_artifacts(API_KEY, num_records=batch_size)
        yield batch

FAQ

What does the harvard-artifacts-data-pipeline skill do?

Build end-to-end data engineering pipelines using Harvard Art Museums API with ETL, SQL analytics, and Streamlit visualization

How do I install harvard-artifacts-data-pipeline?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/reason-machines/data-skills --skill harvard-artifacts-data-pipeline 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-pipeline/ (personal) or .claude/skills/harvard-artifacts-data-pipeline/ (project).

Which AI agents can use harvard-artifacts-data-pipeline?

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-artifacts-data-pipeline 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-artifacts-data-pipeline?

It is published by reason-machines in reason-machines/data-skills. It has 1,821 recorded installs.

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