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: Data Processing, Google Cloud Platform, Data Store, Data Pipelines, Data Capture, Unstructured Data, Cloud API, Geographic Information Systems, Cloud Storage, Serverless Computing, Business Process
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: AI Security, Threat Modeling, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Security Testing, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Software Architecture, API Design, Test Automation, Vulnerability Management, Agentic systems, Systems Design, Model Evaluation, Test Driven Development (TDD), CI/CD, Python Programming, Continuous Deployment, Dependency Analysis, Large Language Modeling, Machine Learning, Performance Analysis
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Model Deployment, Embeddings, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Natural Language Processing, Command-Line Interface, Machine Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Responsive Web Design, OpenAI API, Web Design, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Javascript, Application Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Application Programming Interface (API), Figma (Design Software)
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Network Protocols, Data Access, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Data Processing, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Scripting, Python Programming, Development Environment, Software Installation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Dataflow, Google Cloud Platform, Apache Kafka, Data Lakes, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Feature Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Real Time Data, Unstructured Data, Applied Machine Learning, Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Model Deployment, Apache Spark, Dashboard, Big Data, Data Governance, Data Migration
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI Workflows, OpenAI API, LLM Application, OpenAI, Model Context Protocol, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, Tool Calling, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, Application Programming Interface (API), User Interface (UI), Context Management, Large Language Modeling, Python Programming, Development Environment, Application Deployment, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LangChain, AI Orchestration, Database Development, SQL, LLM Application, Query Languages, OpenAI API, Microsoft Azure, Tool Calling, OpenAI, Natural Language Processing
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Mobile Development, Cross Platform Development, .NET Framework, Authentications, User Interface (UI), Application Programming Interface (API), C# (Programming Language), Microsoft Visual Studio, Development Environment, Program Development, Data Access, Software Design Patterns
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, OpenAI API, AI Workflows, Generative Model Architectures, Model Deployment, Hugging Face, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Transfer Learning, Application Deployment, Context Management, Embeddings, User Interface (UI), Model Evaluation, Vector Databases, Debugging, Software Installation
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), Identity and Access Management, Natural Language Processing, Event Monitoring, Network Analysis
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Amazon Web Services, Amazon DynamoDB, Python Programming, Service Oriented Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Microservices, Serverless Computing, Cloud Applications, Application Programming Interface (API), Databases, Scripting, Programming Principles, Automation, Relational Databases, Application Development, Development Environment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks