API for Beginners – How to Use an API (Full Course/Tutorial)

API for Beginners – How to Use an API (Full Course/Tutorial)

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What is an API? Learn all about APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) in this comprehensive tutorial for beginners. You'll learn what APIs do, why they exist, and the many benefits of APIs. APIs are used all the time in programming and web development. It is therefore important to understand how to use them.

You'll also get hands-on experience with a few popular web APIs. As long as you know the absolute basics of coding and the web, you will have no problem keeping up.

Course notes: https://github.com/craigsdennis/intro-to-apis-course/blob/master/course-notes.md

️ Course content ️

️ Unit 1 – What is an API
️ Video 1 – Welcome (0:00:00)
️ Video 2 – Definition of the interface (0:03:57)
️ Video 3 – Define API (0:07:51)
️ Video 4 – Remote APIs (0:12:55)
️ Video 5 – How the web works (0:17:04)
️ Video 6 – RESTful API Constraints Scavenger Hunt (0:22:00)

️ Unit 2 – Exploring APIs
️ Video 1 – Exploring an Online API (0:27:36)
️ Video 2 – Use an API from the command line (0:44:30)
️ Video 3 – Using Postman to Explore APIs (0:53:56)
️ Video 4 – Please, Please, Mr. Postman (1:03:33)
️ Video 5 – Using Helper Libraries (JavaScript) (1:14:41)
️ Video 6 – Using Helper Libraries (Python) (1:24:40)

️ Unit 3 – Using APIs
️ Video 1 – Project presentation (1:34:18)
️ Video 2 – Flask App (1:36:07)
️ Video 3 – Managing API Limits (1:50:00)
️ Video 4 – Single Page JavaScript Application (1:54:27)
️ Video 5 – Moar JavaScript and recap (2:07:53)
️ Video 6 – Review (2:18:03)

Course created by Craig Dennis, Educator Developer at Twilio
Craig on Twitter: @craigsdennis

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