In recent years, we have been seeing the rise of cyberattacks and data breaches crippling organizations. Attackers often exploit weak and stolen credentials. Therefore, many organizations are not relying on using usernames and passwords i-e Single-factor authentication anymore. Instead, they are turning to multi-layered approaches, such as …
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How to Use the Currency Exchange API with PHP, Python, Ruby & JavaScript Examples
The Currency Exchange API allows developers to add real-time exchange rate information from 19 supported currencies into their software applications. Currency Exchange is a SOAP API that uses the Simple Object Access Protocol and XML to return values from input queries. Sign up for a free RapidAPI account to use the API with code snippets, …
How to Use the Love Calculator API with Python, PHP, Ruby & JavaScript Examples
The Love Calculator is a simple and fun API that can be used to build a free romantic partner compatibility application. Matchmaking services are provided by this API using linguistic analysis of the names of the couple involved. The Love Calculator is hosted by RapidAPI and free to use. Embed the script in a website or mobile application with a …
How to Verify SMS with the TeleSign API
When you get a new registration on your site you want to make sure it's a real person. That's the reason Captchas were invented, as well as email confirmations. A recent addition to the authentication mix is the ability to send a text message with a code. This code then has to be typed into a verification form. This is more reliable than email …
How to Create a REST API using MongoDB
How to create a REST API using MongoDB In this article, we will create a MongoDB REST API. The data stored in the database will be proverbs. The sources will be from the book of that name as well as other well-known authors and thought leaders. The Proverbs API will pull a random proverb from the sources selected. There are six sources to …
Top 7 Best PHP API Frameworks for REST APIs
There are many PHP Frameworks, but not all are easy to learn. Also, not all PHP Frameworks enable easy REST API development. In this article, we will review the most popular PHP API Frameworks that are actively developed. Also, they are optimized for REST APIs or Microservices. Microservices and APIs work together to support complex systems. …
How to Use Instagram API with PHP (and Node.js)
EDITED TO ADD: Due to the COVID-19 situation, the original EOL (End of Life) for the "basic" level access to the Instagram API has been delayed to June 2020. "We understand these are challenging times for our developer community, so we are postponing disabling the Instagram Legacy API Platform by 90 days to June 29, 2020. Remaining endpoints on …
How to Perform Sentiment Analysis on Twitter Feeds
How can we use a sentiment analysis API to analyze twitter feeds? Politicians, CEOs, and other famous people use Twitter to share whatever is on their minds. Many use Twitter as a soapbox to push their ideas. Others use it to start public conversations. In light of this, we will use a sentiment analysis API to determine sentiment scores of …
How to Call an API from WordPress (in a Plugin) [Example]
How to Integrate an External API in WordPress How do you call an API from WordPress? A great way to do that is by using a Plugin (or directly in a page). This can populate a widget that you can put anywhere in your theme. About 1 out of three websites on the internet today use WordPress, according to W3Techs. That means if you've ever …
How to Build a RESTful API in PHP (with Laravel)
PHP has been the most popular web language in the present times by being simple to maintain, and quick to create feature-rich web applications. Websites that are dynamic, interactive, secure and efficient, need a powerful tool set to create and consume APIs. An efficient API is needed in our times in order to develop content that boosts …
How to Send SMS Messages with PHP (using Nexmo or Twilio)
Quick Links Jump to: How to Send SMS with Nexmo How to Send SMS with Twilio How to Integrate SMS API in PHP When someone mentions SMS services, people tend to imagine a system of quick-messages transmission for communication between people. But in the modern world, SMS services provide high functionality useful for various tasks. Let's …
How to Use an API with PHP (Complete Beginner’s Guide)
PHP gained fame as easy to learn and at the same time quite powerful programming language. Throughout its history, it went through several periods of ups and downs, but with the release of the seventh version, PHP confidently returns lost positions and firmly holds the title of one of the most popular languages for web development. An …
How To Use the Twitter API with PHP [in 4 Easy Steps]
In this blog post, you'll learn how to use the Twitter API with PHP. 1. Get Twitter API Key Credentials Before we begin, you'll need to get access to Twitter API credentials. If you haven't already, you can learn how to do so here. To summarize, you will need to sign up for a free Twitter account (if you don't have one already) and create …