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API Courses

API courses can help you learn how to design, build, and test application programming interfaces, as well as understand RESTful services and authentication methods. You can build skills in data exchange formats like JSON and XML, error handling, and API documentation practices. Many courses introduce tools such as Postman for testing APIs, Swagger for documentation, and various programming languages like Python or JavaScript to implement API calls, allowing you to effectively integrate and manage data across different systems.


Popular API Courses and Certifications


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    Scrimba

    API Basics 4: Build a Personal Dashboard (Promise Rejection)

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Dashboard Creation, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Javascript, Wireframing, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Real Time Data, Software Development

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    Minimal API Development with ASP.NET Core

    Skills you'll gain: Restful API, Postman API Platform, API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), .NET Framework, API Testing, Authentications, Object-Relational Mapping, Development Environment, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Visual Studio, Web Development Tools, Application Frameworks, Authorization (Computing), Endpoint Security, Software Design Patterns, Data Mapping, Identity and Access Management, Data Validation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    APIs in Node.js: Write a RESTful API Backend Application

    Skills you'll gain: Node.JS, Restful API, API Design, Server Side, Application Programming Interface (API), Back-End Web Development, Microsoft Visual Studio, Web Applications, Javascript, Application Development, Integrated Development Environments

    ★ 4.7 (6) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    Advanced Backend Development, API Testing, and Deployment

    Skills you'll gain: Frontend Integration, API Testing, React.js, Containerization, Cloud Deployment, API Gateway, Software Documentation, Amazon Web Services, Front-End Web Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Software Testing, Middleware, Test Automation, Technical Documentation

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • G

    Google Cloud

    Developing a REST API with Go and Cloud Run

    Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Development, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Applications, Application Deployment, API Design, Go (Programming Language), Software Development, Google Cloud Platform, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Access, DevOps, Database Application, Data Management

    ★ 3.9 (7) · Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    API Testing Using Rest Assured Test Automation Tool

    Skills you'll gain: API Testing, JSON, Test Automation, Test Script Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Software Testing, Test Tools, Integration Testing, Functional Testing

    ★ 4.6 (309) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    API Testing with Karate Framework

    Skills you'll gain: API Testing, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Tools, Behavior-Driven Development, Test Automation

    ★ 4.4 (22) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of Colorado System

    Basic Cryptography and Programming with Crypto API

    Skills you'll gain: Cryptography, Data Encryption Standard, Encryption, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Cryptographic Protocols, Application Security, Key Management, Secure Coding, Data Security, Web Development, Email Security, PHP (Scripting Language), Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Data Integrity, Algorithms, User Provisioning, Command-Line Interface

    ★ 4.5 (100) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    Backend Development and API Creation

    Skills you'll gain: Back-End Web Development, Server Side, Full-Stack Web Development, Middleware, Authentications, API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), User Accounts, Databases, JavaScript Frameworks, GitHub, Development Environment, Data Validation

    ★ 4.6 (39) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    APIs in Java: Call and Integrate an API

    Skills you'll gain: Restful API, Cloud API, Application Programming Interface (API), Postman API Platform, API Design, API Testing, Java Programming, Java, Mobile Development, Apache Maven, Application Development, Data Access, Web Development, Eclipse (Software), Software Design

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    EDUCBA

    RESTful API Project - Employee Management System Tool

    Skills you'll gain: API Design, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Deployment, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Object Oriented Design, Back-End Web Development, Data Modeling, Software Architecture, Object-Relational Mapping, System Configuration, Model View Controller, Application Frameworks, Server Side, Web Applications, Data Persistence, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Business Logic

    ★ 5 (13) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • G

    Google Cloud

    Ingesting DICOM Data with the Healthcare API

    Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Health Informatics, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Health Information Management, Data Store, Health Technology, Cloud-Based Integration, Medical Imaging, Cloud Computing, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Modeling

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular api courses

  • API Basics 4: Build a Personal Dashboard (Promise Rejection): Scrimba
  • Minimal API Development with ASP.NET Core: Packt
  • APIs in Node.js: Write a RESTful API Backend Application: Coursera
  • Advanced Backend Development, API Testing, and Deployment: Packt
  • Developing a REST API with Go and Cloud Run: Google Cloud
  • API Testing Using Rest Assured Test Automation Tool: Coursera
  • API Testing with Karate Framework: Coursera
  • Basic Cryptography and Programming with Crypto API: University of Colorado System
  • Backend Development and API Creation: Packt
  • APIs in Java: Call and Integrate an API: Coursera

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