APIs for for Technical Writers

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Unit 1: Course startup & API overview

Use the API course overview to see how this course is set up.

Use the API-defined—study guide to get an overview of application programming interfaces.

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Unit 2: Explore APIs and their documentation

Use the Explore APIs—study guide to have a look at APIs and their documentation.

Use the Open API—study guide to visit a few open APIs, which are free usually requiring an account setup and a free API key.

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Unit 3: API critiques

Use the API critique—study guide to critique APIs and their documentation.

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Unit 4: Get an introduction to JSON

Use the JSON introduction—study guide to get an overview of API-related JSON.

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Unit 5: Use Postman for API requests

Postman is a free API app that enables you to get data, change data, add data, delete data from APIs and to see how your own API is functioning.

Use the API Postman introduction—study guide to get a start withb Postman.

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Unit 6: Use RapidAPI for API requests

Use the RapidAPI Introduction—study guide to get started with RapidAPI.

Use the RapidAPI with Visual Studio Code: Introduction—study guide to get started.

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Unit 7: Use cURL to access API data

Use the API cURL—study guide to see how this course is set up.

Use the API cURL—study guide Tom Johnson copy.

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Unit 8: Embed API requested data in web pages

Use the Embedded API—study guide t to see how to display API-requested data in web pages.

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Unit 9: Format an endpoint

Use the format endpoint—study guide to see how this course is set up.

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Unit 10: Document an endpoint

Use the document end point—study guide to see how this course is set up.

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Unit 11: Find a simple API to document

Use the document a simple API—study guide to see how this course is set up.

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Unit 12: Create a Simple API

Use the create a simple API—study guide

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Unit 13: Document Your simple API

Use the document your simple API—study guide

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