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About
RapidAPI is the world’s largest API marketplace where over half a million developers find and connect to thousands of public APIs. We're a team of developers, building for developers, based in San Francisco, Tel Aviv and Kiev.
Mission
There are millions of software programs out there and they’re reshaping every aspect of our lives. We believe that they can get exponentially better by sharing data and functionality with each other. APIs are the language that software uses to communicate and connect. That’s why we love APIs.
Founders
Iddo Gino
Iddo Gino is the Founder and CEO of RapidAPI. Part of Forbes 30 Under 30 list, he's a 2017 Thiel Fellow. Previously, he was a Co-organizer of Hacking Gen Y. Iddo has been programming since he was a kid and continues to contribute to open-source projects. Originally from Haifa, Israel, Iddo is based in San Francisco, CA.
Investors
We are proud to work with top Silicon Valley investors.
Logo
Here are our logos in high resolution for you to use.
Timeline
We've had quite the ride at RapidAPI so far! Here are the highlights:
Company FoundedIddo Gino
First developers on BETA
First app built using RapidAPI launches on the App Store- WWWFirst version launched
- #500StrongJoined #500 Startups
US offices launch
Ukraine offices launch
Seed Round with a16z, SV Angels
Acquired Mashape API Marketplace- Series A with a16z, SV Angels
Install SDK for NodeJS
Installing
To utilize unirest for node.js install the the npm module:
$ npm install unirest
After installing the npm package you can now start simplifying requests like so:
var unirest = require('unirest');Creating Request
unirest.("https://")
.header("X-RapidAPI-Key", "undefined")
.header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
.end(function (result) {
console.log(result.status, result.headers, result.body);
});OAuth2 AuthenticationSign up for free
to test this endpoint
