What is an API? API stands for Application Programming Interface, which is a mechanism that allows the interaction between two applications using a set of rules. APIs are beneficial because they allow developers to add specific functionality to an application, without having to write all of the code themselves. APIs also allow developers to …
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SOAP vs REST (vs JSON)
More devices than ever communicate effortlessly with each other. JSON, SOAP, and REST are the primary web service languages that tie all of these different machines together in a cohesive whole. When a programmer wants to "get answers" from a third-party service, she'll tap into one of these three heavyweight acronyms to access their APIs. It's …
Top 7 Company Information & Data Enrichment APIs
Let's face it. There's not a lot of information you can get from just an email address or a phone number. To build a better prospect list or tailor that first outreach email, a little context can go a long way. That's why we've compiled this list of some of the top company information APIs. Read on! …
Creating an API with AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, and RapidAPI [Tutorial]
Lately, I’ve been really interested in serverless technology and the various use cases that would be ideal to use it for. I had a project come up that was going to be a perfect use case for it, so I decided to dive right in and learn all about AWS Lambda! Unfortunately, as I was getting started with the project, I couldn’t find very many good, up …
How to Create Your Own RESTful API (20+ Tutorials by Programming Language)
Creating your own RESTful API can be a great way to build a business around data you've collected or a service you've created, or it can just be a fun personal project that allows you to learn a new skill. Here’s a list of 20 tutorials on how to design your own REST API! This list has been sorted by the programming language used in the …
Best Dictionary APIs That You Should Be Using Right Now
How to use the Zomato API in 3 Easy Steps [Tutorial]
So you're looking for a restaurants API to integrate with. What if I told you there is one that can get you: access to the freshest data information for over 1.5 million restaurants data from 10,000 cities globally Meet the Zomato API. With their API, you can integrate the following features into your application: Search …
The Top 10 Mapping & Maps APIs (for Developers in 2018)
What are Mapping APIs? A web mapping API (Application Program Interface) allows you to communicate and integrate with existing map services, so you can develop a new application or expand the functionality of an existing one. These APIs usually include classes for maps and layers to make it easy to create, edit and display a map without needing …
What Developers Could Do With Identity Data APIs
The RapidAPI Marketplace includes a wide range of APIs. There’s APIs for building chatbots, accessing global weather data, building cryptocurrency apps- name any capability you need for your app and odds are there’s an API available that provides it. One of the categories of APIs that is sometimes overlooked is Identity Data APIs. There’s a wide …
Five APIs to Make Your Holiday Season Easier
The holiday season can be an extremely fun time, but it can also be an extremely stressful time for a number of different reasons. All of the gift-giving, traveling, and party planning can be a lot to handle. Thankfully, RapidAPI has some great APIs to make your holidays a little bit easier. In this blog we’ll cover APIs that will help you: …
Add Authentication and Billing for Your API on Google Cloud Platform [Tutorial]
Did you know the API solutions market is projected to quadruple to a value of $660 million by 2020? It's a good time to get your API up and running! In this tutorial, you will learn how to get your API ready and grab a piece of this rapidly expanding market. Today, we’ll talk about how to do the following with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and …
Add Authentication and Billing to Your API on AWS [Tutorial]
Deployment. Authentication. Pricing. Getting an API up and running is a huge project to take on, but using RapidAPI makes it that much easier. Today, we’ll talk about how to do the following with AWS and RapidAPI. Deployment: You need to get your API deployed on servers and publicly accessible by developers around the world. …
Add Authentication and Billing for Your API on Heroku [Tutorial]
Say you build the next big API. You have your endpoints up and running and all the functionality is complete. But before developers can start using your API, there are three big tasks to look at: Deployment: You need to get your API deployed on servers and publicly accessible by developers around the world. Authentication: Unless you want …
Dropbox and TrueFace.ai Facial Recognition Security System [TUTORIAL]
Office security is always a concern that needs to be properly addressed, especially for tech companies. But there aren’t a lot of great solutions out there. Key cards are easy to lose. Fobs can be lost or stolen as well. Enter the power of APIs! This past week, I built an office security system using facial recognition. A facial recognition …
How To Use the OneSignal API to Add Push Notifications to your App
We're back with 12 Days of APIs! Today, we're profiling One Signal's push notification API with some help from co-founder and CEO George Deglin. Read on for more info or jump straight to the package page to start making calls! …