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Understanding APIs: 10 API Concepts and Examples

Opemipo Disu on June 27, 2024

As a developer or a person in tech, you are likely to have heard of "APIs.” Hearing this term may get you curious. Imagine you're using a service t...
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Shwanees

Wow very nice post

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you!

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Franklin Thaker

Very well written, thanks for sharing!

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Opemipo Disu

Thanks for your feedback and for reading, too.

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gwennie

Great post!

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you! 😊

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Mikhael Esa

Great post that covers API topic! I will share this post to my colleagues.

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you very much for your feedback, Mikhael!

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Lal Krishna Raj

Well written article!

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you!

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shao yong

very good, thank you for the sharing.💙💙💙

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you so much for reading too!

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mameluco07

Thanks, that’s a very helpful article!

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you, too, for reading.

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Hòa Nguyễn Coder

Thanks Pro

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you too for reading.

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Darshan Raval

awesome

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you, Darshan!

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Arlindo Viana

excelent

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Ali khan

informative

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you!

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Eze Peter

Wow

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Pauljd1

Thank you for this article, the analogy you used with the waiter perfectly summed it up.

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Opemipo Disu

Thank you so much! Really appreciate your feedback!

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Safiul Bari

Nice and Informative article.🔥

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𒎏Wii 🏳️‍⚧️

Might be worth mentioning in the title or first paragraph that you're talking about web/http apis specifically

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Jon Randy 🎖️

This is a problem most such articles have

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Amelie Max

Endpoints: URLs where API requests are sent (e.g., /api/users).
HTTP Methods: Actions performed by requests (e.g., GET, POST).
Requests and Responses: Data sent to and received from the API.
Authentication: Methods to verify identity (e.g., API keys, OAuth).
Status Codes: Responses indicating the result of a request (e.g., 200 OK, 404 Not Found).

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Syed Muhammad Ali Raza

👍

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Wallace Espindola

Super nice article! Thanks!

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Jackie Adams

Thank you very much.

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Stefan

Nice one, although this knowledge isn't unknown to me, it's good for revisiting

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Sunil joshi • Edited

this is really helpful, thanks for sharing in dev