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.

Skills you'll gain: Interactive Data Visualization, Data Transformation, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Extract, Transform, Load, Exploratory Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Data Collection, Data Pipelines, Development Environment, Python Programming
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Real Time Data, Serverless Computing, Cloud Applications, Virtual Machines, Cloud Computing Architecture, Microservices, Event-Driven Programming, Solution Architecture, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Cloud Services, Containerization, Application Programming Interface (API)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: OpenAI API, Back-End Web Development, Model Evaluation, Model Deployment, User Interface (UI) Design, Performance Tuning, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Maintainability, Code Review, Test Driven Development (TDD), API Testing, LLM Application, API Design, Microsoft Visual Studio, Software Engineering, Engineering Software, Software Technical Review, Program Development, Application Lifecycle Management, Unit Testing, Microservices, Peer Review, Quality Assessment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Serverless Computing, Amazon Web Services, AWS CloudFormation, YAML, Cloud Development, Development Environment, Amazon CloudWatch, Restful API, API Gateway, Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, Node.JS, Software Development, Software Development Tools, Application Deployment, Microsoft Visual Studio, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Virtual Networking, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Data Persistence, Cloud Management, Application Lifecycle Management, Proxy Servers, Capacity Management, Application Performance Management, CI/CD, Key Management, YAML, Network Security, API Gateway, Network Routing, Application Deployment, Disaster Recovery, Scalability, Large Language Modeling
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Kubernetes, Network Troubleshooting, Authentications, Debugging, Event Monitoring, System Monitoring, Application Deployment, API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Command-Line Interface
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Java Programming, Functional Design, Performance Tuning, Application Programming Interface (API)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Deployment, Containerization, Microservices, Rust (Programming Language), Unit Testing, Cloud Computing, Development Environment, Application Frameworks, Programming Principles, Restful API, Algorithms
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Alex Genadinik
Skills you'll gain: Vibe coding, Generative AI Agents, AI Workflows, Agentic systems, Email Automation, AI Orchestration, Search Engine Optimization, Inside Sales, Web Analytics, Prompt Engineering, Development Environment, Application Deployment, Front-End Web Development, Debugging
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Kubernetes, Cloud Security, Google Cloud Platform, Encryption, OAuth, Identity and Access Management, Security Controls, Authorization (Computing), Application Security, Authentications, Data Security, Key Management, Cloud Applications, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Cloud Storage, Data Encryption Standard, Virtual Machines, Vulnerability Scanning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Pearson
Skills you'll gain: Ansible, Software-Defined Networking, Computer Networking, JSON, Automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Network Architecture, Application Programming Interface (API), Network Infrastructure, Restful API, Network Planning And Design, Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks