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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 …
The Top 50 Most Popular APIs
Updated January 2023 If you’re in the API development or software development space and are searching for the most popular and widely used APIs (application programming interfaces), or are looking for the APIs to integrate one of the best APIs into your website, software application, or mobile app, you’ve come to the right place. With over 14 …
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 …
6 Best Practices For Enhanced API Test Automation in 2022
Application Programming Interface or API testing is one of the most important types of software testing. According to Mike Cohn’s book, “Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum,” automation of API testing can offer the best ROI. API testing automation simplifies the complex task of managing several test cases. As you add more …
How to Use the Referential API with Python, PHP, Ruby & JavaScript Examples
Building a dynamic application is becoming a requirement for every business to stay competitive in the marketplace. Long gone are the days where an application should be developed for a specific country, city, or language. Indeed, in today's software development landscape, dynamic applications can easily detect the user's local time zone, language, …
How to Use the REST Countries API with Python, PHP, Ruby & Javascript Examples
Getting information or metadata about countries is critical for many software applications. For instance, most product registration forms require clients to specify their country, country code, and other related information. Moreover, some shipping-related software needs to return the country codes for faster shipments. In such scenarios, it is …
How to Use the COVID-19 API with Python, PHP, Ruby & Javascript Examples
The world was barely recovering from the Coronavirus pandemic when the new variants started wreaking havoc - amid the mass vaccination campaigns around the world. At the time of writing, 44.5% of the world population has received at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine. However, breakthrough infections are still being reported among fully vaccinated …
How to use the Deezer API with Java, Python, PHP, Ruby & JavaScript Examples
Music is an essential part of life for millions of music lovers all over the world. While some people prefer to listen to music at leisure, for others it is a hobby to be indulged in while commuting, exercising, or even cooking a meal. The advent of the internet has given rise to what is known as on-demand music streaming services and an increasing …
Top Golang Web Frameworks to Choose In 2021
Golang has become one of the mandatory tools for developers to write APIs and for developing web services. It is one of the brilliant initiatives by Google that has surged in popularity among the developer’s community. Many consider it the future of web programming as it offers clarity and ease-of-use and carries out most of the functions that …
Top 21 API Tools for API Developers
API or Application Programming Interface lets two or more applications communicate with each other and exchange all the necessary data. The primary purpose of APIs is to make app development more simple, save time and other resources. There are a significant number of API tools that allow developers to make their work easier. They include the …
How to Use the Basketball Data API with Python, PHP, Ruby & JavaScript Examples
The Basketball Data API is produced by Broadage Sports to provide statistics, standings, and scores for NBA, NCAA, and Euroleague teams. The Basketball API can be used by programmers and developers to build live sports content into websites or mobile applications. Use the data streams for tournament pages or build “March Madness” support into apps …
How to Use the AeroDataBox API with Python, PHP, Ruby & Javascript Examples
The world has been witnessing the rise of digitization over the last decade in various industries and the aviation industry is no exception. Numerous startups and applications have emerged to revolutionize the way people travel, find and book cheap flights, tracking flights in real-time, and have access to information such as flight schedules and …
How to Use the Prayer Times API with Python, PHP, Ruby & Javascript Examples
Daily prayers are an important part of the Islamic faith. Islamic followers usually do several prayers at different times throughout the day, which are determined based on the geographic location and sun’s positioning. In Islamic countries, they usually announce the call to prayers (adhan) daily. But, if an Islamic person lives in a non-Islamic …
How to Use the Streaming Availability API with Java, Python, PHP, Ruby & JavaScript Examples
A large number of users use various OTT platforms as their primary source of entertainment. Thus, there is a huge demand for information related to OTT content. For example, users are constantly looking for information about the availability of content on various streaming services, information about new shows, and so forth. Thus, a number of REST …