title: API to Database?
body: <p>Please presume that I do not know anything about any of the things I will be mentioning because I really do not.</p>
  
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  <p>Most OpenData sites have the possibility of exporting the presented file either in for example .csv or .json formats (<a href="http://opendata.brussels.be/explore/dataset/associations-clubs-sportifs/export/?start=0%3C/url" rel="noreferrer">Example</a>). They also always have an API tab (<a href="http://opendata.brussels.be/explore/dataset/associations-clubs-sportifs/api/?start=0" rel="noreferrer">Example API</a>).</p>
  
  <p>I presume using the API would mean that if the data is updated you would receive the change whereas exporting it as .csv would mean the content will not be changed anymore.</p>
  
  <p>My questions is: how does one use this API code to display the same table one would get when exporting a .csv file.</p>
  
  <p>Would you use a database to extract this information? What kind of database and how do you link the API to the database?</p>