The idea behind RapidAPI originated at a hackathon in 2015. Since then, RapidAPI has grown and changed tremendously to become the world’s largest API Hub where over 4 million developers find, test, connect, and collaborate on APIs. The Octopus Becomes a Unicorn Today, we are excited to announce RapidAPI’s $150M Series D funding at a $1B …
RapidAPI Marketplace is now RapidAPI Hub
One of my earliest memories as a kid is walking into the Hamleys toy store. Every floor of that gigantic store was a sea of possibilities – and nowhere was more exciting than the LEGO section. The moment I stepped onto the LEGO floor my mind instantly started racing thinking about the rockets, castles, and huge animals you could build. Even as an …
RapidAPI Studio: Bringing All Your APIs and Development Needs Together in One Place
Building, testing, publishing, and collaboratively working with a team on APIs can be a disjointed developer experience. Moving from coding to testing, to publishing and consuming APIs often forces developers to jump from one application to the next. This costs time and the loss of context you move between experiences. That is why today we’re …
How to Create a Jokes App Using Humor Jokes and Memes API and Next.Js
We all love a good laugh, and there’s nothing like a hilarious joke to brighten up your day. But what if you could have a never-ending supply of jokes at your fingertips, always on hand to make you laugh? Well, now you can, with the help of the Humor-Jokes-and-Memes API and Next.Js. In this article, we’ll show you how to create a jokes app using …
RapidAPI’s Berlin Hub is Now Open for Business
RapidAPI is on the move! Today we announced we are launching a new hub office in Berlin and dramatically expanding our presence in Europe. This is an exciting milestone, and I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on how we came to start up in Berlin. The process started back in late 2021 when we drafted our hiring and team plans for 2022 …
Leverage Test Fragments to Modularize Your API Tests
Like most modern applications, RapidAPI Testing is built with an API layer connecting the backend logic with the front-end UI. In this infrastructure, the API layer becomes the critical point that ensures our Testing app is always available and working correctly. Recognizing how critical this API layer is, we use our own API Testing tool to not …
RapidAPI Around the World: San Francisco Office
This month we are exploring RapidAPI's worldwide office locations, starting with the HQ — San Francisco! We interviewed three teammates to learn more about the San Francisco office and how it has changed over the years. Q: How has the San Francisco office evolved since you joined RapidAPI? "When I first joined RapidAPI, we were in a small …
International Women’s Day Interview: Lee Shoham
In honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, RapidAPI interviewed four of our team members to learn about their experiences. We will be sharing their answers throughout the month! This is our fourth interview featuring Lee Shoham, a Backend Developer at RapidAPI. 1. What do you do at RapidAPI? I'm a Backend …
International Women’s Day Interview: Nofar Rorlich
In honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, RapidAPI interviewed four of our team members to learn about their experiences. We will be sharing their answers throughout the month! This is our third interview featuring Nofar Rorlich, RapidAPI's Operations and Employee Experience Manager. 1. What do you do at …
International Women’s Day Interview: Sarah Hampton (Senior Director of Security Engineering)
In honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, RapidAPI interviewed four of our team members to learn about their experiences. We will be sharing their answers throughout the month! This is our second interview featuring Sarah Hampton, RapidAPI's Senior Director of Security Engineering. 1. What do you do at …
International Women’s Day Interview: Brittany Perez (Director, Account Management)
In honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, RapidAPI interviewed four of our team members to learn about their experiences. We will be sharing their answers throughout the month! This is our first interview with Brittany Perez, RapidAPI's Director of Account Management. 1. What do you do at RapidAPI? I lead one of …
RapidAPI Wins 2022 DEVIES API Services Award
We’re excited to announce that RapidAPI Hub won a 2022 DEVIES Award in the API Services category. The DEVIES Awards recognize outstanding design, engineering, and innovation in developer technology across 25 categories. Award winners were selected from hundreds of nominations by an expert-led panel of the DevNetwork Advisory Board, based on …
Top 50 Most Popular APIs on RapidAPI (2022)
Back to Top You may be asking yourself: "What is the most popular and top used APIs out there?" Well, ask no more. RapidAPI has got you covered with a full list of APIs. With over 400 billion API calls per month, we analyzed the data to see which APIs were the most popular, starting with the top 50. If you're looking for the APIs …
RapidAPI Guides for API Developers (356+)
Find over 356 API development guides, how-to's, and API tutorials published by RapidAPI developers. RapidAPI Learn platform offers guides, learn code labs, and video courses to help you learn API Development using fun challenges (with solutions!) and interactive examples. At RapidAPI, we care a lot about developers. Check out the following …
Learn API Development with RapidAPI Learn Codelabs
We built RapidAPI Learn to teach API development by doing. Imagine as if you're a master chief and you're teaching kids how to cook their first dish. What you teach them is not important, as all the kids care about going home and telling their mother "Look Ma! I cooked something". What they learn is important. Like what is it like to be in …
API Video Courses for API Developers | Free (28+)
At RapidAPI, we care a lot about developers. Our DevRel team works with amazing RapidAPI Developers Experts to produce fantastic yet free video courses using fun challenges (with solutions!) and some that even include complete full-stack development tutorials with 10+ hours of content. Check them out. RapidAPI.com/courses — Free video courses …
