This intermediate-level Understanding and Using APIs prepares individuals who perform a developer role to use APIs to accelerate and simplify repetitive yet complex processes into something reusable and versatile. APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, are — quite literally — how the Internet keeps going. Every website you visit, every online application you use, every browser connection and response — every single one is happening because of an API. Many APIs are so commonplace we can easily forget that’s what they are — for example, our browser receiving a response from an HTTP web server. But many APIs are much more complicated than that. Once you know how, it’s even possible to break down an application into multiple servers that communicate via API. These microservices depend on the client knowing how to make the request and how to read the response. This training will make sure you understand how APIs work, and how to write them for any purpose you can dream of. After completing this Understanding and Using APIs training, you’ll know how to use APIs to accelerate and simplify repetitive yet complex processes into something reusable and versatile. For anyone who leads an IT team, this training can be used to onboard new developers, curated into individual or team training plans, or as a reference resource.
