Introducing API Fundamentals & Testing: Understanding APIs
API
| Beginner
- 11 videos | 1h 34m 26s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are crucial connectors enabling software systems to communicate. They establish rules for requesting and exchanging data, promoting efficient integration and standardized communication between applications. APIs are used in all kinds of applications, from finance and banking to the Internet of things (IoT). Begin this course by discovering how APIs allow you to integrate software systems, increase security, and standardize messages. Next, you will explore the different types of APIs, including Representational State Transfer (REST), simple object access protocol (SOAP), Graph Query Language (GraphQL), and Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC). Finally, you will examine RESTful architecture in more detail and focus on best practices of API design and the importance of API versioning.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Discover the key concepts covered in this course
Describe the importance of application programming interfaces (apis)
Recall the different types of apis
Recall how representational state transfer (rest) apis work
Describe how simple object access protocol (soap) apis work
Provide an overview of how graph query language (graphql) apis work -
Describe how google remote procedure call (grpc) apis work
Recall the restful api architecture
Outline best practices of api design
Recall the usefulness of api versioning
Summarize the key concepts covered in this course
IN THIS COURSE
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2m 13sIn this video, we will discover the key concepts covered in this course. FREE ACCESS
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13m 20sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to describe the importance of application programming interfaces (APIs). FREE ACCESS
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3. Types of APIs7m 19sAfter completing this video, you will be able to recall the different types of APIs. FREE ACCESS
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4. REST APIs10m 29sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to recall how representational state transfer (REST) APIs work. FREE ACCESS
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5. SOAP APIs10m 32sAfter completing this video, you will be able to describe how simple object access protocol (SOAP) APIs work. FREE ACCESS
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6. GraphQL APIs7m 46sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to provide an overview of how Graph Query Language (GraphQL) APIs work. FREE ACCESS
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7. gRPC APIs6m 15sAfter completing this video, you will be able to describe how Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC) APIs work. FREE ACCESS
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8. RESTful API Architecture13m 20sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to recall the RESTful API architecture. FREE ACCESS
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9. API Design Best Practices10m 53sAfter completing this video, you will be able to outline best practices of API design. FREE ACCESS
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10. API Versioning9m 40sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to recall the usefulness of API versioning. FREE ACCESS
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11. Course Summary2m 39sIn this video, we will summarize the key concepts covered in this course. FREE ACCESS
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