APIs

Chris Bail
Duke University

Website: https://www.chrisbail.net
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What Is an Application Programming Interface?

What Is an Application Programming Interface?

Growth of APIS

More than >22,000 APIs!

https://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory

https://any-api.com/

How Does an API Work?

Google Maps API Example

Anatomy of an API Call

Output of API call:

Designing your Own API Calls

Designing your Own API Calls

API Credentials

Example: Facebook API

Navigate to:

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer?classic=0

Example: Facebook API

Rate Limiting

Rate Limiting

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Throttling

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An Example with Twitter's API

Navigate to:

http://developer.twitter.com

developer.twitter.com

Get Started

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