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Working with REST APIs: A practical guide to getting started
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the lifeblood of modern IT solutions. They are the digital brokers which provide the data connectivity which is so fundamental to how solutions and apps that we use in our everyday lives, at work and at home, integrate and communicate with each other.
This guide covers the key fundamentals of working with REST APIs. It’s intended for those individuals who want to get more familiar with working with APIs to consume them, be that for work or for personal projects.
The guide works through a number of practical and real examples to help get that familiarity and see how things really work in action.
Our learning goals for this guide are to
What an API is and the purpose they serveHow an API is constructed, it's elements, and how it can be successfully consumed (including working with different authentication options)How to make requests to APIs within a HTTP client testing tool such as PostmanHow to interpret and read an API’s responseHow we can call APIs within code (including accessible code examples)
This guide covers the key fundamentals of working with REST APIs. It’s intended for those individuals who want to get more familiar with working with APIs to consume them, be that for work or for personal projects.
The guide works through a number of practical and real examples to help get that familiarity and see how things really work in action.
Our learning goals for this guide are to
What an API is and the purpose they serveHow an API is constructed, it's elements, and how it can be successfully consumed (including working with different authentication options)How to make requests to APIs within a HTTP client testing tool such as PostmanHow to interpret and read an API’s responseHow we can call APIs within code (including accessible code examples)
125 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 16, 2023
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April 7, 2024
Very useful for a beginner
Perfect little starter book on understanding APIs. I like the approach of starting with Postman and progressing to taking those snippets to Python. Very clear thanks so much Matt.
Perfect little starter book on understanding APIs. I like the approach of starting with Postman and progressing to taking those snippets to Python. Very clear thanks so much Matt.
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