
harvard-artifacts-etl-streamlit-app
Build ETL pipelines and analytics dashboards using Harvard Art Museums API with Python, SQL, and Streamlit
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Harvard Artifacts ETL & Analytics App
Skill by ara.so — Data Skills collection.
This project is an end-to-end data engineering application that demonstrates real-world ETL pipelines using the Harvard Art Museums API. It extracts artifact data, transforms it into relational structures, loads it into SQL databases, and provides interactive analytics through a Streamlit dashboard.
What This Project Does
- API Integration: Fetches artifact data from Harvard Art Museums API with pagination and rate limiting
- ETL Pipeline: Transforms nested JSON into normalized relational tables
- SQL Storage: Stores data in MySQL/TiDB with proper schema design
- Analytics: Executes 20+ predefined SQL queries for insights
- Visualization: Creates interactive dashboards with Plotly charts
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_db_user"
export DB_PASSWORD="your_db_password"
export DB_NAME="harvard_artifacts"
Configuration
API Key Setup
Get your free API key from Harvard Art Museums API:
import os
# In your code, always reference the environment variable
API_KEY = os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY')
BASE_URL = 'https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object'
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')
}
conn = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
Database Schema
The application uses three main tables:
CREATE TABLE artifactmetadata (
objectid INT PRIMARY KEY,
title VARCHAR(500),
culture VARCHAR(200),
century VARCHAR(100),
classification VARCHAR(200),
department VARCHAR(200),
dated VARCHAR(200),
accessionyear INT,
technique VARCHAR(500),
medium VARCHAR(500),
verificationlevel INT,
totalpageviews INT,
totaluniquepageviews INT
);
CREATE TABLE artifactmedia (
mediaid INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
objectid INT,
baseimageurl VARCHAR(500),
primaryimageurl VARCHAR(500),
iiifbaseuri VARCHAR(500),
FOREIGN KEY (objectid) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(objectid)
);
CREATE TABLE artifactcolors (
colorid INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
objectid INT,
color VARCHAR(50),
spectrum VARCHAR(50),
percentage FLOAT,
FOREIGN KEY (objectid) REFERENCES artifactmetadata(objectid)
);
Core ETL Pipeline
Extract: Fetch Data from API
import requests
import os
def fetch_artifacts(num_records=100, page_size=100):
"""
Fetch artifacts from Harvard Art Museums API with pagination
"""
API_KEY = os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY')
BASE_URL = 'https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object'
all_records = []
page = 1
while len(all_records) < num_records:
params = {
'apikey': API_KEY,
'size': page_size,
'page': page,
'hasimage': 1 # Only get artifacts with images
}
response = requests.get(BASE_URL, params=params)
if response.status_code == 200:
data = response.json()
records = data.get('records', [])
if not records:
break
all_records.extend(records)
page += 1
else:
print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
break
return all_records[:num_records]
Transform: Process JSON Data
import pandas as pd
def transform_metadata(artifacts):
"""
Transform artifact JSON into metadata dataframe
"""
metadata_list = []
for artifact in artifacts:
metadata = {
'objectid': artifact.get('objectid'),
'title': artifact.get('title', 'Unknown'),
'culture': artifact.get('culture', 'Unknown'),
'century': artifact.get('century', 'Unknown'),
'classification': artifact.get('classification', 'Unknown'),
'department': artifact.get('department', 'Unknown'),
'dated': artifact.get('dated', 'Unknown'),
'accessionyear': artifact.get('accessionyear'),
'technique': artifact.get('technique', 'Unknown'),
'medium': artifact.get('medium', 'Unknown'),
'verificationlevel': artifact.get('verificationlevel', 0),
'totalpageviews': artifact.get('totalpageviews', 0),
'totaluniquepageviews': artifact.get('totaluniquepageviews', 0)
}
metadata_list.append(metadata)
return pd.DataFrame(metadata_list)
def transform_media(artifacts):
"""
Extract media/image information
"""
media_list = []
for artifact in artifacts:
objectid = artifact.get('objectid')
media = {
'objectid': objectid,
'baseimageurl': artifact.get('baseimageurl'),
'primaryimageurl': artifact.get('primaryimageurl'),
'iiifbaseuri': artifact.get('iiifbaseuri')
}
media_list.append(media)
return pd.DataFrame(media_list)
def transform_colors(artifacts):
"""
Extract color information from nested structure
"""
colors_list = []
for artifact in artifacts:
objectid = artifact.get('objectid')
colors = artifact.get('colors', [])
for color_data in colors:
color_record = {
'objectid': objectid,
'color': color_data.get('color'),
'spectrum': color_data.get('spectrum'),
'percentage': color_data.get('percent')
}
colors_list.append(color_record)
return pd.DataFrame(colors_list)
Load: Insert into SQL Database
def load_to_database(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df, db_config):
"""
Batch load dataframes into SQL database
"""
import mysql.connector
conn = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
cursor = conn.cursor()
# Load metadata
metadata_tuples = [tuple(x) for x in metadata_df.to_numpy()]
metadata_sql = """
INSERT INTO artifactmetadata
(objectid, title, culture, century, classification, department,
dated, accessionyear, technique, medium, verificationlevel,
totalpageviews, totaluniquepageviews)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE objectid=objectid
"""
cursor.executemany(metadata_sql, metadata_tuples)
# Load media
media_tuples = [tuple(x) for x in media_df.to_numpy()]
media_sql = """
INSERT INTO artifactmedia
(objectid, baseimageurl, primaryimageurl, iiifbaseuri)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)
"""
cursor.executemany(media_sql, media_tuples)
# Load colors
colors_tuples = [tuple(x) for x in colors_df.to_numpy()]
colors_sql = """
INSERT INTO artifactcolors
(objectid, color, spectrum, percentage)
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)
"""
cursor.executemany(colors_sql, colors_tuples)
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 os
st.set_page_config(page_title="Harvard Artifacts Analytics", layout="wide")
st.title("🏛️ Harvard Art Museums Analytics Dashboard")
# Sidebar for configuration
with st.sidebar:
st.header("Configuration")
num_records = st.number_input("Number of artifacts to fetch",
min_value=10, max_value=1000,
value=100)
if st.button("Run ETL Pipeline"):
with st.spinner("Fetching data..."):
artifacts = fetch_artifacts(num_records)
with st.spinner("Transforming data..."):
metadata_df = transform_metadata(artifacts)
media_df = transform_media(artifacts)
colors_df = transform_colors(artifacts)
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(f"✅ Successfully loaded {len(metadata_df)} artifacts!")
# Analytics Section
st.header("📊 Analytics Queries")
queries = {
"Top 10 Cultures by Artifact Count": """
SELECT culture, COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE culture != 'Unknown'
GROUP BY culture
ORDER BY count DESC
LIMIT 10
""",
"Artifacts by Century": """
SELECT century, COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE century != 'Unknown'
GROUP BY century
ORDER BY count DESC
""",
"Most Common Color Spectrum": """
SELECT spectrum, COUNT(*) as count, AVG(percentage) as avg_percentage
FROM artifactcolors
WHERE spectrum IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY spectrum
ORDER BY count DESC
""",
"Department Distribution": """
SELECT department, COUNT(*) as count
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE department != 'Unknown'
GROUP BY department
ORDER BY count DESC
""",
"Most Viewed Artifacts": """
SELECT title, culture, totalpageviews
FROM artifactmetadata
WHERE totalpageviews > 0
ORDER BY totalpageviews DESC
LIMIT 10
"""
}
selected_query = st.selectbox("Select Analysis", list(queries.keys()))
if st.button("Execute Query"):
import mysql.connector
db_config = {
'host': os.getenv('DB_HOST'),
'user': os.getenv('DB_USER'),
'password': os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD'),
'database': os.getenv('DB_NAME')
}
conn = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
df = pd.read_sql(queries[selected_query], conn)
conn.close()
st.dataframe(df, use_container_width=True)
# Auto-generate visualization
if len(df.columns) >= 2:
fig = px.bar(df, x=df.columns[0], y=df.columns[1],
title=selected_query)
st.plotly_chart(fig, use_container_width=True)
Common Patterns
Rate Limiting and Error Handling
import time
def fetch_with_retry(url, params, max_retries=3):
"""
Fetch with exponential backoff retry logic
"""
for attempt in range(max_retries):
try:
response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=10)
if response.status_code == 429: # Rate limit
wait_time = 2 ** attempt
time.sleep(wait_time)
continue
response.raise_for_status()
return response.json()
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
if attempt == max_retries - 1:
raise
time.sleep(2 ** attempt)
return None
Incremental ETL
def get_last_processed_id(conn):
"""
Get the last processed object ID for incremental loads
"""
cursor = conn.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT MAX(objectid) FROM artifactmetadata")
result = cursor.fetchone()
cursor.close()
return result[0] if result[0] else 0
def fetch_new_artifacts(last_id):
"""
Fetch only artifacts after the last processed ID
"""
params = {
'apikey': os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY'),
'size': 100,
'sort': 'objectid',
'sortorder': 'asc',
'objectid': f'>{last_id}'
}
response = requests.get(BASE_URL, params=params)
return response.json().get('records', [])
Running the Application
# Set environment variables
export HARVARD_API_KEY="your_api_key"
export DB_HOST="localhost"
export DB_USER="root"
export DB_PASSWORD="your_password"
export DB_NAME="harvard_artifacts"
# Run Streamlit app
streamlit run app.py
Troubleshooting
API Key Issues
# Verify API key is loaded
import os
api_key = os.getenv('HARVARD_API_KEY')
if not api_key:
raise ValueError("HARVARD_API_KEY environment variable not set")
# Test API connection
response = requests.get(
'https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object',
params={'apikey': api_key, 'size': 1}
)
print(f"API Status: {response.status_code}")
Database Connection Issues
# Test database connection
try:
conn = mysql.connector.connect(**db_config)
print("✅ Database connected successfully")
conn.close()
except mysql.connector.Error as e:
print(f"❌ Database connection failed: {e}")
Missing Data Fields
# Handle missing nested fields safely
def safe_get(dictionary, *keys, default=None):
"""
Safely access nested dictionary keys
"""
for key in keys:
try:
dictionary = dictionary[key]
except (KeyError, TypeError):
return default
return dictionary
# Usage
color_data = safe_get(artifact, 'colors', 0, 'color', default='Unknown')
Memory Issues with Large Datasets
def fetch_in_batches(total_records, batch_size=100):
"""
Process large datasets in batches to avoid memory issues
"""
for offset in range(0, total_records, batch_size):
artifacts = fetch_artifacts_page(offset, batch_size)
# Transform and load immediately
metadata_df = transform_metadata(artifacts)
load_to_database(metadata_df, media_df, colors_df, db_config)
# Clear memory
del artifacts, metadata_df
This skill enables AI agents to help developers build complete ETL pipelines with the Harvard Art Museums API, including data extraction, transformation, SQL storage, and interactive visualization dashboards.
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Build ETL pipelines and analytics dashboards using Harvard Art Museums API with Python, SQL, and Streamlit
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