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APIs for Beginners - How to use an API (Full Course)
For API , I think we should start on the last character , the I , interface
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We'll learn how to use external web APIs to solve the missing
pieces
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The magic
that is happening is completely abstracted away from me
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Buttons are in fact an interface
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Sometimes these
physical interfaces get so recognizable that they make their way into GUIs
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An API is a contract of sorts
that defines how it 's expected to be used and what you can expect to receive by using it
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When designed well, they
make doing nearly impossible things happen in just a few lines of code
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We 're standing on the shoulders of giants folks
folks
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There are authors , and maintainers of
libraries that package up code and solve common problems so that you do n't have to worry
about what operating system is being used
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Most web frameworks provide you with the
ability to add a new route to your web application
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I wish real
life skills worked this way
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I do n't want to get up from the couch
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The struggle to
achieve remote APIs was very real, but most of the problem was that there was n't a standard
that everyone loved
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REST is for sure not the end all be all of remote API 's
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For the rest of this course, we 're
going to be doing a deep dive into APIs that are written using the REST style
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Once that request receives a response, it 's all done
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There are
more HTTP verbs, also known as request methods, besides GET
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Both requests and responses have headers which are used to communicate what is
wanted as well as what has been sent back
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This technique allows for caching which is a powerful concept
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We 'll check them off
when we discuss them, and then we 'll loop back once more at the end, and review
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Let 's get started talking about how REST APIs sit on top of web technology like
a little hat
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CRUD stands for Creating, Reading, Updating, and Deleting
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Your program sends a GET request to a URI to a survey response with
data
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