Rapid API Guides

Guides that are carefully designed to help you learn by doing and building real modern API projects.

A deep dive into Rapid API Client VS Code Extension

Rapid's API Client VS Code Extension brings a fully functional HTTP Client to your VS Code. In this piece, let’s take a critical look at this extension.

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Everything you need to know about RapidAPI Studio

RapidAPI Studio provides an integrated UX to build, consume, and govern APIs. In this piece, let's look at everything you need to know about it to get started.

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Ten Interesting Web App Ideas That Use APIs

APIs are a fundamental part of the web, and there are countless APIs providing access to all kinds of data for web applications. This guide will cover some interesting Web projects for your portfolio that use APIs, and every project includes a demo and a how-to guide.

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Ushna Ijaz

How to send files to server with Fetch API?

Learn how to send files to a server using the Fetch API in JavaScript, allowing you to upload images, videos, and other types of files.

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Ushna Ijaz

How to use the Fetch API with React?

In this guide, we will explore how to use the Fetch API with React to fetch data from a remote server and display it in a React component.

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Ushna Ijaz

Cache data with Fetch API

Caching data with Fetch API can improve performance and reduce server load. Learn how to cache data effortlessly in this guide

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Ushna Ijaz

Error handling with the Fetch API

Error handling can make or break a Fetch API request. In this guide, we'll learn how to handle errors and optimize your data fetching.

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Ushna Ijaz

How to send query parameters using Fetch?

In this guide, we will learn how to send query parameters using Fetch API. This allows us to filter and search through data without unnecessary server requests

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Ushna Ijaz

Introduction to Touch Events API

The Touch Events API allows us to create touch-enabled web applications that respond to touch-based user interactions on mobile devices and touchscreens.

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Ushna Ijaz

How to use Prioritized Task Scheduling API?

The Prioritized Task Scheduling API enables web developers to schedule tasks with different priorities and execute them in a specific order.

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Ushna Ijaz

What is Media Session API?

Media Session API allows web developers to control media playback on a user's device, including displaying metadata and providing media control buttons.

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Ahmad Bilal

Best Practices for REST API Development

Developing a REST API requires adherence to best practices to ensure that the API is scalable, maintainable, and secure. Here are some key practices.

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Ushna Ijaz

Introduction to CSS Counter Styles API

CSS Counter Styles API helps in creating our own custom counter styles. In this guide, let's take a look at how we can use this in our web apps.

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Ushna Ijaz

Introduction to Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API

Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API is a Web API that enables the secure delivery of copyrighted content by online media streaming services.

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Ushna Ijaz

Introduction to Device Orientation Events API

The Device Orientation Events API allows us to detect changes in the device orientation. In this guide, we explored its different features and use cases.

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Ushna Ijaz

What is the Compression Streams API?

The Compression Stream API helps us compress and decompress data using different algorithms. Let's take a look at how we can use it in our applications.

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Ushna Ijaz

What is File and Directory Entries API

The File and Directory Entries API is a Web API that allows web apps to access and manipulate files and directories on the user's device.

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Ushna Ijaz

What is Fullscreen API and how to use it

This guide explains how to use the Fullscreen API to toggle an element between full-screen and normal mode in web applications.

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Ushna Ijaz

What is Push API?

The Push API enables web applications to receive server-side push notifications even when the client-side is inactive. Let's have a look at this API in depth.

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Ushna Ijaz

Introduction to the Web Audio API

Web Audio API is a Web API that enables you to create and modify sound files in a web browser. This guide explains what it is and how to use it.

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Omar I.

Create a simple SaaS tool using APIs and earn profit every day

This guide will demonstrate how to earn up to 50$ per day by creating a simple SaaS tool which can group valuable SEO keywords using an API.

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Saad Irfan

Build an AI wallpaper generator app using Rapid and OpenAI

Building AI apps can be easy if you know where to start. In this guide, we will build an AI wallpaper generator from scratch using RapidAPI Client, Hub, and OpenAI.

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Ahmad Bilal

API Caching with HTTP Headers

HTTP offers multiple headers for cache management of APIs. Learn how to use them properly in this guide.

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Saad Irfan

How to call APIs using Axios in TypeScript?

TypeScript extends JavaScript and provides additional features like interfaces and types. In this piece, we will learn how to call APIs in TypeScript using Axios.

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Saad Irfan

Test And Secure Your APIs With RapidAPI

Finding your API vulnerabilities and taking measures against them is essential otherwise you app can suffer. In this piece, let’s learn how RapidAPI can help you test and secure APIs.

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Ahmad Bilal

Automate API Testing With RapidAPI Studio

API development and testing go side by side. This guide will demonstrate how to create automated tests for your APIs using RapidAPI Studio.

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Ahmad Bilal

How to Create a Custom Axios Instance?

Axios allows us to create new instances with custom configuration. This guide will demonstrate how to create a custom instance with Axios.

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Saad Irfan

How to send the request body using fetch?

You can use fetch Web API to call RESTful and GraphQL APIs. In this piece, let’s look at how we can send the request body in a POST request using fetch.

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Saad Irfan

How to send the request body using Axios?

Axios is an HTTP library that can take the request body for API requests in multiple ways. In this piece, let’s learn how to send the request body using Axios.

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Saad Irfan

How to call weather APIs in JavaScript?

Weather APIs are most commonly used when it comes to learning how to use APIs. In this piece, let’s look at how we can call Weather APIs in JavaScript.

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