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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.


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    Packt

    JWT Authentication Bootcamp with Java & Spring Boot

    Skills you'll gain: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Postman API Platform, Authentications, API Testing, Authorization (Computing), Restful API, Secure Coding, Java Programming, Application Design, Spring Boot, User Accounts, API Design

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Scrimba

    Build an AI-powered Translation App with OpenAI

    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

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    Coursera

    Web Development in React.js: Build a Web App

    Skills you'll gain: React.js, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript Frameworks, UI Components, Restful API, Web Applications, Web Development Tools, Web Development, Javascript, Application Development, Computer Programming

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Preview
    Preview
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    Simplilearn

    Workflow Automation using Generative AI

    Skills you'll gain: Email Automation, Marketing Automation, OpenAI API, Business Process Automation, AI Workflows, ChatGPT, Automation, Performance Tuning, Workflow Management, Generative AI, Scalability, Process Optimization, Operational Efficiency, Real Time Data, Social Media Content, Application Programming Interface (API), Content Creation

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    52 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Interpretable machine learning applications: Part 3

    Skills you'll gain: Artificial Neural Networks, Tensorflow, Analytics, Keras (Neural Network Library), Data-Driven Decision-Making, Applied Machine Learning, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Business Analytics, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Risking, Model Evaluation, Mortgage Loans, Consumer Lending

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    24 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Storing, Retrieving, and Processing JSON data with Python

    Skills you'll gain: JSON, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Development, Data Access, Restful API, Python Programming, User Interface (UI)

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Microsoft

    Security, Maintenance & Integration with BI Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Data Integrity, Data Integration, Power BI, Data Maintenance, Database Management, Microsoft SQL Servers, Relational Databases, Databases, Application Programming Interface (API), Dashboard, Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Business Intelligence, Data Security, Systems Integration, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Auditing, Real Time Data, Data Encryption Standard

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    18 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Preview
    Preview
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    University of Michigan

    Использование языка Python для доступа к веб-данным

    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

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Packt

    Microservices Architecture: Design Patterns & Principles

    Skills you'll gain: Microservices, Scalability, Software Architecture, CI/CD, API Gateway, Systems Architecture, Containerization, Software Design, Serverless Computing, Application Design, Solution Architecture, Docker (Software), Software Design Patterns, Systems Design, Kubernetes, Service Oriented Architecture, Event-Driven Programming, Transaction Processing, Cloud Deployment, Data Management

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free
    Free
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    DeepLearning.AI

    Open Source Models with Hugging Face

    Skills you'll gain: Hugging Face, LLM Application, Generative AI, Model Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, User Interface (UI), API Design, Computer Vision

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    81 reviews

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Packt

    Testing and Advanced REST with Spring Boot

    Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Apache Maven, Unit Testing, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Restful API, API Testing, Software Testing, Test Case, Gradle, Software Development Tools, Integration Testing, Mockups, JSON, Authentications

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Securing and Integrating Components of your Application 日本語版

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Cloud Development, Cloud API, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Google Cloud Platform, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud-Based Integration, Authentications, Serverless Computing, Identity and Access Management, API Design, Event-Driven Programming, OAuth, Microservices, Node.JS, Authorization (Computing), Scalability

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    36 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular api courses

  • JWT Authentication Bootcamp with Java & Spring Boot: Packt
  • Build an AI-powered Translation App with OpenAI: Scrimba
  • Web Development in React.js: Build a Web App: Coursera
  • Workflow Automation using Generative AI: Simplilearn
  • Interpretable machine learning applications: Part 3: Coursera
  • Storing, Retrieving, and Processing JSON data with Python: Coursera
  • Security, Maintenance & Integration with BI Tools: Microsoft
  • Использование языка Python для доступа к веб-данным: University of Michigan
  • Microservices Architecture: Design Patterns & Principles: Packt
  • Open Source Models with Hugging Face: DeepLearning.AI

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