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Mar 11 โ€ข 6 tweets โ€ข 2 min read
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{ 1 / 6 } What is an API?
{ 2 / 6 } What is an API request?
{ 3 / 6 } Fetching needed data for the client.
{ 4 / 6 } APIs have endpoints where clients can find the required data
{ 5 / 6 } What is an HTTP response?
{ 6 / 6 } What is an API?

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Mar 11
Definitions of most widely used terms in API development:

- SDK
- RPC
- CORS
- API Key
- Async API
- Internal API
- API Caching
- External API
- HTTP cookies
- Authorization
- Microservices
- OpenAPI spec
- Composite API
- API Versioning
- Authentication

A Thread ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
๐Ÿ“Œ SDK

SDK stands for Software Development Kit.

It is a set of development tools that allows the creation of software or an application for a particular platform.

SDK provides you with the whole package from compilers to debuggers to even a software development framework.
๐Ÿ“Œ RPC

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is the oldest client-server communication method in use today.

Instead of the traditional HTTP call, RPC uses a function call.

It means that you invoke a function written on the server-side code on the client-side.
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Mar 10
There are four types of Web APIs:

- Public API
- Private API
- Partner API
- Composite API

Let's discuss them briefly. ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
1๏ธโƒฃ Public API

Public APIs are accessible to all developers with a low or moderate level of authentication and authorization.

For example, the Windows API of Microsoft is a public API.
Stability is an essential factor of any public API.

Any changes in the public API, let's say adding a new parameter, might break the applications that depend on that API.
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Mar 9
Everything you need to know about HTTP Requests.

A Thread ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
Before jumping onto HTTP Requests, let's first discuss a bit about HTTP.

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol.
HTTP is entirely based on the client-server model.

The client initiates the request then waits until it receives a response from the server.
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Mar 9
Top ten Sports APIs you can use in your next project.

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1๏ธโƒฃ API-BASKETBALL

Over 190 Basketball Leagues & Cups with Livescore, Odds, Bookmakers, Statistics.

๐Ÿ”— RapidAPI.com/api-sports/apiโ€ฆ
2๏ธโƒฃ API-FOOTBALL

You will get access to over 870 football leagues and cups. You can get a live score as well if you use this API.

๐Ÿ”— RapidAPI.com/api-sports/apiโ€ฆ
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Mar 8
How to make an API call in Python?

A Thread ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
In this thread, we are going to discuss how we can make an HTTP request in Python.
We are using the `requests` module.

It allows us to make HTTP requests. It is the most popular and easiest way in Python to send HTTP requests.
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Mar 8
Everything you need to know about API Testing and its types.

A Thread ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
API testing is performed to test whether a particular API meets pre-defined parameters or not.
API testing includes testing APIs in isolation to ascertain if they meet:

โ€ข Functionality
โ€ข Reliability
โ€ข Latency
โ€ข Performance
โ€ข Security and other essential parameters.
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