2020-prototyping-notebooks/UrsulaFranklin.ipynb

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   "source": [
    "# Ursula Franklin"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ursula_Franklin_at_book_launch_crop.jpg/220px-Ursula_Franklin_at_book_launch_crop.jpg)\n",
    "\n",
    "You can find the recordings of her Massey lectures on [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/the-real-world-of-technology). Note the URL:  \n",
    "\n",
    "<https://archive.org/details/the-real-world-of-technology>\n",
    "\n",
    "You can also access the API of archive.org to get information in a [structured format](https://archive.org/help/json.php) that you can use in a script...\n",
    "\n",
    "<https://archive.org/details/the-real-world-of-technology&output=json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 46,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "identifier = \"the-real-world-of-technology\"\n",
    "url = f\"https://archive.org/details/{identifier}\""
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "from urllib.request import urlopen\n",
    "import json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "f = urlopen(url+\"&output=json\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "feed = json.load(f)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "feed"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "len(feed['files'])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
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   "source": [
    "According to the [Archive.org API](https://archive.org/services/docs/api/items.html#archival-urls):\n",
    "\n",
    "> A particular file can always be downloaded from:\n",
    ">```\n",
    ">  https://archive.org/download/<identifier>/<filename>\n",
    ">```"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# this is something specific to notebooks...\n",
    "from IPython.display import HTML, display"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "for filename, d in feed['files'].items():\n",
    "    if d['format'] == \"VBR MP3\":\n",
    "        display(HTML(f'<h2>{d[\"title\"]}</h2>'))\n",
    "        display(HTML(f'<audio src=\"https://archive.org/download/{identifier}{filename}\" controls></audio>'))"
   ]
  }
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