Interacting With REST APIs and Python (Summary)

Interacting With REST APIs and Python Darren Jones 00:55

REST APIs are everywhere. Knowing how to leverage Python to consume and build APIs allows you to work with the vast amount of data that web services provide.

In this video course, you’ve learned how to:

Identify the REST architecture style
Work with HTTP methods and status codes
Use requests to get and consume data from an external API
Define endpoints, data, and responses for a REST API
Get started with Python tools to build a REST API

Using your new Python REST API skills, you’ll be able to not only interact with web services but also build REST APIs for your applications. These tools open the door to a wide range of interesting, data-driven applications and services.

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Congratulations, you made it to the end of the course! What’s your #1 takeaway or favorite thing you learned? How are you going to put your newfound skills to use? Leave a comment in the discussion section and let us know.

00:00 Well done. You’ve made it to the end of the course. REST APIs are everywhere. Knowing how to leverage Python to consume and build APIs allows you to work with the vast amount of data that web services provide.

00:13 And in this course, you’ve learned how to identify the REST architecture style, work with HTTP methods and status codes, use requests to get and consume data from an external API, define endpoints, data, and responses for REST API and get started with Python tools to build a REST API.

00:33 Using your new Python REST API skills, you’ll be able to not only interact with web services, but also build REST APIs for your applications.

00:43 These tools open the door to a wide range of interesting data-driven applications and services.

00:48 We hope you found this course useful and we’ll see you again soon at realpython.com.

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