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Build Your Web Projects With REST APIs

Enhance your web projects with REST APIs by accessing data that can be integrated into your own applications. APIs will add a whole new dimension to your software!
DifficultyEasy4 hours
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Have you ever wondered how all the latest Facebook posts and tweets magically end up on your phone or browser? Or how flight or hotel comparison sites manage to get prices from all airlines or hotels in their application? How about how you can view and edit data through your web apps?

Well, the answer is through an API!

In this course, you'll learn what an API is and how to use one in your own code project. You’ll also discover how to build one of the most popular types out there, a REST API, which is a must-have for any developer's tool belt! 

So, are you ready to start working with REST APIs and bring a whole new dimension to your web projects? Head over to the first chapter now! 🙏

Learning outcomes

  • Use REST APIs for your code projects
  • Make requests and send responses with a REST API
  • Design REST APIs

Requirements

Prerequisites:

To get the most out of this course, it’s helpful to have a general knowledge of the web and how to use GitHub. You can acquire these skills via these courses: 

Tools required: 

Contributors

Instructors

Kassandre Pedro

Backend Engineer at Pexels | Ruby on Rails Developer

Raye Schiller

Raye Schiller is a backend software engineer based in New York City and has an MEng. in Computer Science from Cornell University 🙏💻

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Last updated: 1/23/2025

License

Développement

Build Your Web Projects With REST APIs

DifficultyEasy4 hours
Free-access course