Tutorial: Using the National Parks Package

This tutorial walks through how to install and use the national_parks package.

Step 1: Install the Package

Install directly from PyPI:

pip install national-parks-agglomerate

Open Python and import the functions:

from national_parks import summarize_parks
import pandas as pd

Use the included processed dataset:

df = pd.read_csv("data/processed/parks_final.csv")

summary = summarize_parks(df)
print(summary)

from national_parks import top_parks_by_alerts

top_parks = top_parks_by_alerts(df)
print(top_parks)

If you want to collect fresh data from the National Park Service API:

Get a free API key from: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/get-started.htm
Create a .env file:

NPS_API_KEY=your_key_here
Run:

from national_parks import get_parks_data

df = get_parks_data() print(df.head())

This tutorial demonstrates: