README.md edited

README.md

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-## R-api_new
+# _KUB Datalab: APIs with R_ <a href="https://kubdatalab.github.io/R-api/"><img src="episodes/fig/stickerattempt.png" align="right" height="138" alt="KUB Datalab R-API website" /></a>
 
-    This is the lesson repository for R-api_new
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+This is an introduction to working with APIs in R, designed for participants with
+limited programming experience. It can be taught in 2 hours.
+
+The lesson  starts with covering the basics of API calls using GET and POST. It then explores
+GET requests against a very simple API. It continues with POST requests to Statistics Denmark,
+and concludes with a discussion of the package `danstat` as an alternative before offering
+tools for working with some of the slightly exotic time formats returned by Statistics Denmark.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+The lesson requires some prior knowledge of R and RStudio/Positron. Learners should have R and
+Positron (or RStudio) installed on their computers. They will also need to be able to install
+R packages from CRAN, create directories and download files.
+See the [lesson website](https://kubdatalab.github.io/R-api/#software-setup){target="_blank"} for instructions on installing R and Positron.
+
+## KUB Datalab
+
+[KUB Datalab](https://kub.kb.dk/datalab){target="_blank"} is [Copenhagen University Library](https://kub.ku.dk/english/){target="_blank"}'s center for working with data. Our primary focus is to support students at the [University of Copenhagen](https://www.ku.dk/en){target="_blank"} in regards to theri work with data and digital methods.
+

episodes/introduction.Rmd

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 This course assumes a certain level of knowledge about R. We are not going
 to cover the basics, and we are assuming that you know how to use the following  functionalities in R before starting this course:
 
-- <a href="https://kubdatalab.github.io/R-api_new/#software-setup" target="_blank">Have R and R-studio installed</a> 
+- <a href="https://kubdatalab.github.io/R-api/#software-setup" target="_blank">Have R and R-studio installed</a> 
     - Alternatively run everything on rstudio.cloud
 - Know how to assign values to variables
 - Know what a function is, and how we pass input and parameters to it

episodes/post-statistics-denmark.Rmd

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 result <- httr::POST(endpoint, body=our_body, encode = "json")
 ```
 
-We ask to get the result in json, a speciel datastructure that is able to contain almost anything.
+We specify that the request should be encoded as "json".
 
 Let us look at the result: