Open Skills API - Sharing the DNA of America's Jobs

Provides a complete and standard data store for canonical and emerging skills, knowledge, abilities, tools, technolgies, and how they relate to jobs.

Overview

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Demo

The following endpoints were automatically deployed via the Zappa framework to Amazon Web Services.

• https://vhbg2y4qug.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev/jobs
• https://vhbg2y4qug.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev/skills

Dependencies

• Python 2.7.11

Installation

To run the API locally, please perform the following steps:

1. Clone the repository from https://www.github.com/dssg/skills-api

$ git clone https://www.github.com/dssg/skills-api

2. Navigate to the checked out project

$ cd skills-api

3. Ensure that pip package manager is installed. See installation instructions here.

$ pip --version

4. Install the virtualenv package. Please review the documentation if you are unfamiliar with how virtualenv works.

$ pip install virtualenv

5. Create a Python 2.7.11 virtual environment called venv in the project root directory

$ virtualenv -p /path/to/python/2.7.11 venv

6. Activate the virtual environment. Note that the name of the virtual environment (venv) will be appended to the front of the command prompt.

$ source venv/bin/activate 
(venv) $

7. Install dependencies from requirements.txt

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Deployment to Amazon Web Services

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Dependencies

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