Recently, RapidAPI officially launched our latest open-source project, RapidQL! With RapidQL, you can fetch, combine, and aggregate data from multiple APIs and databases all with a single request. This makes it much easier for you to build complex queries that utilize multiple data sources— all with a single query language! Today, we’re going to …
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How to Build an API in Python (with Django)
Today in this tutorial, we’re going to cover the following: How to start a project in Django. How to deliver JSON to a requester from our new API. How to deploy our new Django API to Heroku. How to include our new API in the RapidAPI marketplace. View the Best Python APIs List Start a Django project First, we’re going to create …
RapidAPI for Teams [The Complete Tutorial + FAQs]
RapidAPI for Teams is a platform for engineering teams to share and collaborate on internal, or external, APIs and microservices using the RapidAPI platform. It allows you to: Share internal API documentation and testing with your Team Discover internal APIs and consume them Consume external APIs with a single Team billing …
How to Build an API in Python (with Flask & RapidAPI)
If you are reading this article, you are probably familiar with the possibilities that open up when you use an API (Application Programming Interface). By using one of the many public APIs out there, you can expand the functionality of your application or enrich it with the necessary data. But what if you have created your own unique …
API vs SDK – What’s the Difference? (with Examples)
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Software Development Kits (SDKs) both have different roles in the software development process. Since there is a lot of overlap between the two, it can be confusing to understand the difference. Knowing how an API and SDK differ and function can help you decide which one you will need for your …
Introducing the QuickSet Cloud API: Automatically Discover IoT Device Information
We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Universal Electronics to launch the QuickSet Cloud Predictive Discovery API on RapidAPI. The QuickSet Cloud API utilizes the largest knowledge graph of devices to uniquely identify a device and its associated attributes such as device type, brand, model, etc. Identification can be done using a …
How To Use the FullContact API for Application Building (with Examples) [Tutorial]
In the business world, it is very important to know as much as possible about your partners or counterparts. This might be useful in many cases, for example, in lead generation. FullContact - Enrich API is designed especially to help you with this, allowing to perform two similar tasks, person enrich (FullContact Person API) and company enrich …
How To Use the CoinMarketCap API in 3 Easy Steps [Tutorial]
What is CoinMarketCap? CoinMarketCap.com is a website used for tracking the capitalization of various cryptocurrencies. This cryptocurrency site allows you to compare cryptocurrencies and trading prices. Related: Best Cryptocurrency APIs Connect to API Related: CoinMarketCap API Alternatives For each cryptocurrency, you …
How To Use the Yahoo Finance API in 2021 [Tutorial]
Yahoo Finance Yahoo! Finance is a media property that is part of Yahoo's network. It provides financial news, data, and commentary including: stock quotes press releases financial reports and original content. It also offers some online tools for personal finance management. What About the Google Finance API? If you're …
Creating an API with AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, and RapidAPI [Tutorial]
Lately, I’ve been really interested in serverless technology and the various use cases that would be ideal to use it for. I had a project come up that was going to be a perfect use case for it, so I decided to dive right in and learn all about AWS Lambda! Unfortunately, as I was getting started with the project, I couldn’t find very many good, up …
How To Use The Twitter API in 4 Easy Steps [Tutorial]
So, You're trying to access the Twitter API. via GIPHY No problem, RapidAPI has your back. Today, we'll show you how to connect to the Twitter API on RapidAPI and all the available API endpoints. With this API, you can: Retweet other tweets Retweet and edit tweets Search Tweets on Twitter and simply Create …
How to Create Your Own RESTful API (20+ Tutorials by Programming Language)
Creating your own RESTful API can be a great way to build a business around data you've collected or a service you've created, or it can just be a fun personal project that allows you to learn a new skill. Here’s a list of 20 tutorials on how to design your own REST API! This list has been sorted by the programming language used in the …
Add Authentication and Billing for Your API on Google Cloud Platform [Tutorial]
Did you know the API solutions market is projected to quadruple to a value of $660 million by 2020? It's a good time to get your API up and running! In this tutorial, you will learn how to get your API ready and grab a piece of this rapidly expanding market. Today, we’ll talk about how to do the following with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and …
Add Authentication and Billing to Your API on AWS [Tutorial]
Deployment. Authentication. Pricing. Getting an API up and running is a huge project to take on, but using RapidAPI makes it that much easier. Today, we’ll talk about how to do the following with AWS and RapidAPI. Deployment: You need to get your API deployed on servers and publicly accessible by developers around the world. …
Add Authentication and Billing for Your API on Heroku [Tutorial]
Say you build the next big API. You have your endpoints up and running and all the functionality is complete. But before developers can start using your API, there are three big tasks to look at: Deployment: You need to get your API deployed on servers and publicly accessible by developers around the world. Authentication: Unless you want …
