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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


  • B

    Board Infinity

    API Integration - End to End Web Development

    Skills you'll gain: Application Programming Interface (API), API Gateway, GraphQL, API Design, Restful API, OAuth, Software Documentation, Authentications, Debugging, Real Time Data, Authorization (Computing), Version Control

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Packt

    Mastering REST APIs with FastAPI

    Skills you'll gain: Restful API, API Design, Application Deployment, Application Programming Interface (API), Authentications, API Testing, Cloud Deployment, Web Services, Web Frameworks, User Provisioning, Unit Testing, Continuous Deployment, User Accounts, Test Script Development, Email Automation, Debugging, Operational Databases, Back-End Web Development, Software Testing, Continuous Integration

    ★ 4.2 (22) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    API Validation with Postman

    Skills you'll gain: Postman API Platform, API Testing, Data Validation, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Verification And Validation, Performance Tuning, Microservices, Performance Testing, Test Tools, Security Controls, Data Integrity, Authentications

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

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

    Microsoft

    Develop an ASP.NET Core web app that consumes an API

    Skills you'll gain: ASP.NET, .NET Framework, C# (Programming Language), Microsoft Visual Studio, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development Tools, Restful API, Microsoft Azure, Web Applications, Application Frameworks, Application Development, Development Environment, Event-Driven Programming, Middleware, Software Installation

    ★ 2.6 (12) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Codio

    API Development

    Skills you'll gain: OAuth, Web Development Tools, Authentications, Web Servers, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Cloud API, Restful API, Server Side, Web Development, Servers, JSON, Software Documentation, Web Applications, Javascript, Web Services, Technical Documentation, Application Security

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

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

    Google Cloud

    Managing Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform for Hybrid Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Application Programming Interface (API), Kubernetes, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Application Performance Management, Capacity Management, Istio, Scalability, API Testing, Security Controls, System Monitoring, Apache Cassandra, Application Deployment, Patch Management, Proxy Servers, Data Security, Cloud Deployment, Package and Software Management

    ★ 4.6 (58) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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

    Scrimba

    API Basics 2: Build a Blog (REST, URLs & HTTP Requests)

    Skills you'll gain: Restful API, API Design, Web Applications, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Application Programming Interface (API), HTML and CSS, JSON, Web Servers, Javascript, Software Development

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    EDUCBA

    REST Assured Java API Testing Automation

    Skills you'll gain: Cucumber (Software), Gherkin (Scripting Language), Behavior-Driven Development, Apache Maven, API Testing, Test Script Development, Restful API, Test Automation, JSON, Scalability, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Case, Java Programming, Test Data, Authentications, Java

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

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

    Packt

    Building with OpenAI API

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, OpenAI API, Token Optimization, LangChain, ChatGPT, Multimodal Prompts, Prompt Patterns, OpenAI, Generative AI, No-Code Development, LLM Application, AI powered creativity, Generative Model Architectures, Microsoft Power Platform, Application Programming Interface (API), Large Language Modeling, AI Workflows, Email Automation, Application Development, JSON

    ★ 3.6 (7) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

    Edureka

    Modern API Development

    Skills you'll gain: API Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Validation, Restful API, API Testing, Application Frameworks, Performance Tuning, Data Integrity, Software Versioning, Django (Web Framework), Software Documentation, Middleware, Node.JS, Application Performance Management, Spring Boot, Test Automation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Coursera

    Build a Website using an API with HTML, JavaScript, and JSON

    Skills you'll gain: JSON, Restful API, HTML and CSS, Web Design, Web Design and Development, Cloud API, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Applications, Real Time Data, Javascript

    ★ 4.3 (45) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    EDUCBA

    REST Assured - Mastering API Testing

    Skills you'll gain: API Testing, Cucumber (Software), Behavior-Driven Development, JSON, Gherkin (Scripting Language), Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Tools, Test Case, Test Planning, Software Testing, Test Engineering, Security Testing, Test Script Development, Code Coverage, Test Data, Test Automation, Apache Maven, Authentications, Development Environment

    ★ 4.8 (15) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • API Integration - End to End Web Development: Board Infinity
  • Mastering REST APIs with FastAPI: Packt
  • API Validation with Postman: Coursera
  • Develop an ASP.NET Core web app that consumes an API: Microsoft
  • API Development: Codio
  • Managing Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform for Hybrid Cloud: Google Cloud
  • API Basics 2: Build a Blog (REST, URLs & HTTP Requests): Scrimba
  • REST Assured Java API Testing Automation: EDUCBA
  • Building with OpenAI API: Packt
  • Modern API Development: Edureka

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