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CEO of https://t.co/dGHwyqNYmk @LangbaseInc // @Google Devs Advisory Board // Award-winning @GitHub Star // Ex VP DX Rapid / Quoted by @SatyaNadella "awesome example for devs"
Jan 31, 2023 12 tweets 2 min read
Generally, here are 9 HTTP request methods:

❯ GET
❯ PUT
❯ POST
❯ HEAD
❯ TRACE
❯ PATCH
❯ DELETE
❯ OPTIONS
❯ CONNECT

Did you know? Let's discuss each of these 🧵👇 HTTP defines a set of request methods.

Each request method indicates a different action.

Sometimes we call them HTTP verbs.

Each of them implements a different logic.
Dec 13, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
API security best practices 👇🧵 Rapid API Comic: API Securi... { 2 / 6 } 1. Authentication. Authenti...
Nov 8, 2022 40 tweets 5 min read
Learn almost everything about HTTP Cache-Control. 👇🧵 ✨ Cache-Control

The Cache-Control HTTP header field holds directives (instructions) — in both requests and responses — that control caching in browsers and shared caches (e.g., Proxies, CDNs).

It's all about request and response.

And about caching, of course.
Nov 6, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
Learn Cache-Control and how APIs are cached.👇

{ 1 / 6 } RapidAPI Comic: How API requests are cached. { 2 / 6 } What is cache? Caching means storing responses in cache memo
Jul 2, 2022 12 tweets 2 min read
Generally, here are 9 HTTP request methods:

❯ GET
❯ PUT
❯ POST
❯ HEAD
❯ TRACE
❯ PATCH
❯ DELETE
❯ OPTIONS
❯ CONNECT

Did you know? Let's discuss each of these 🧵👇 HTTP defines a set of request methods.

Each request method indicates a different action.

Sometimes we call them HTTP verbs.

Each of them implements a different logic.
Jun 23, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
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✨ I promise this is the best way to learn APIs. My team and I put a lot of thought into this. Check it out.
May 4, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
COOL! Now run Python in your browser.

🧵👇 Say Hello to PyScript!

PyScript is a framework that allows you to use Python within HTML to build web apps.

Let's see an example: 👇
Apr 27, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
"REST vs GraphQL" which one do you use and why? 🧠

Find out in this week's RapidAPI Comic!

{ 1 / 6 } REST vs GraphQL RapidAPI Comic cover { 2 / 6 } GraphQL is a query language that can request specific data f
Apr 21, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
Introduction to CORS

CORS is an HTTP-based mechanism that lets you request data from one URL to a different URL.

Let's talk about it in a bit more detail. 🧵👇 CORS stands for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing.

Half of the definition is clear by the abbreviation. CORS allows a server to share resources with browsers having different origins.
Apr 20, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Big announcement! 🏎️

Thrilled to announce RapidAPI’s official partnership with AlphaTauri, a Formula 1 Team.

F1 Teams are more about data than mechanics; it's an information sport.

The race director, Pit crew, and the driver use real-time APIs — making Formula 1 API driven. Formula 1 team Scuderia Alp... The New Stack interviewed @iddogino, CEO of RapidAPI, to find out how RapidAPI is “making Formula 1 a truly API-driven industry.”

Keep an eye out for the RapidAPI branding, which will be on the AlphaTauri car in Formula 1 race.

Totally worth a read!
thenewstack.io/rapidapi-partn…
Apr 14, 2022 15 tweets 3 min read
What exactly is an HTTP Cookie.

Thread 🧵👇🏻 Why do you stay logged in even after closing the tab?

Or how do items stay in your cart when you refresh or go to another page?

All of that is possible because of `cookies`.
Apr 4, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Developers, do you know what are HTTP Cookies?

Learn from the fun RapidAPI Comics.

Thread 🧵👇🏻

{ 1 / 5 } { 2 / 5 }
Mar 11, 2022 12 tweets 2 min read
There are 9 HTTP request methods:

❯ GET
❯ PUT
❯ POST
❯ HEAD
❯ TRACE
❯ PATCH
❯ DELETE
❯ OPTIONS
❯ CONNECT

Did you know? Let's discuss each of these 🧵👇 HTTP defines a set of request methods.

Each request method indicates a different action.

Sometimes we call them HTTP verbs.

Each of them implements a different logic.
Jan 31, 2022 10 tweets 4 min read
How I reverse-engineered "Wordle" 🧠 ✨ No spoilers here ✨

On Jan 01, 2022 — while on vacation, I reverse engineered and hacked the Wordle game. 🙈

Then I built three little tools for developers and non-developers to solve Wordle however they prefer.

Oh, such fun, much luck!
Sep 27, 2021 12 tweets 4 min read
Crash Course on the .classList() Web API.

Thread 🧵👇 👋Howdy, it's Awais @MrAhmadAwais — Head of Developer Relations at RapidAPI. Google Devs Expert, GitHub Star, DO Navigator.

I've coded 100s of open-source software used by millions of devs. Contributed to NASA’s Mars Helicopter mission. Learn more → Awais.dev/about

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