Introduction to Web APIs

Introduction

• What is an API?
• What you should know
• What to expect from this course

1. What Is an API?

• APIs in plain English
• The request and response cycle
• What is JSON?
• Work with objects
• Parse data
• Challenge: Retrieve data from an object
• Solution: Retrieve data from an object

2. Connecting to an API

• Connect to an API using Postman
• Connect to an API in JavaScript

3. Working with an API

• API documentation
• Make a request to the API
• Filter the response with parameters
• Access data in the response
• Use the response data in HTML
• Loop through the response data
• Challenge: Display data on a webpage
• Solution: Display data on a webpage

4. Working with the Giphy API

• Authentication with an API key
• Make a request to the Giphy API
• Filter response with parameters
• Access data in the response
• Use the response data in HTML
• Challenge: Explore the Giphy API
• Solution: Explore the Giphy API

5. Error Handling and Security

• Response status codes
• How to handle errors
• Secure authentication keys

6. What about GraphQL?

• What is GraphQL?
• Query data from a GraphQL API

Conclusion

• Continue your API journey