Data Analysis

[Risa Saju]

Hi there,

I am trying to study the STEM industies, Tech industries in Queensland. However when i use the below code, I am getting alot of papers that are not at all related to the keywords. Also when i use the NOT operator, the articles are increasing.

Do you guys have any suggestion?

Thanks in advance


# Define the base URL and search parameters
base_url = 'https://content.guardianapis.com/'
search_string = '"Indigenous students science" OR "STEM fields" OR "STEM courses" or "STEM industries" '


production_office = "aus"
from_date = "2022-05-01"
to_date = "2024-05-16"

# Construct the full URL for the Guardian API search
full_url = base_url + f"search?q={search_string}&production-office={production_office}&from-date={from_date}&to-date={to_date}&show-fields=body&api-key={key}"

# Print the full URL to verify
print(full_url)

[Emily Bourke]

Hi Risa,

I think the issue with the code you’ve sent is that the last “or” is in lowercase instead of uppercase.

When I run this query in the browser (https://content.guardianapis.com/search?q=%22Indigenous%20students%20science%22%20OR%20%22STEM%20fields%22%20OR%20%22STEM%20courses%22%20or%20%22STEM%20industries%22&production-office=aus&from-date=2022-05-01&to-date=2024-05-16&show-fields=body&api-key=<api-key-here>), I get 26,083 results, but if I change that “or” to “OR” (giving https://content.guardianapis.com/search?q=%22Indigenous%20students%20science%22%20OR%20%22STEM%20fields%22%20OR%20%22STEM%20courses%22%20OR%20%22STEM%20industries%22&production-office=aus&from-date=2022-05-01&to-date=2024-05-16&show-fields=body&api-key=<api-key-here>), there are 13 results and every one on the first page includes one of the search terms.

Could you give me an example using the NOT operator that didn’t work, and I can look into that?

Best wishes,

Emily

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The Guardian

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