Python API Tutorials

In this section we collect tutorials related to API design or interacting with APIs using Python. REST APIs in web applications would be one example where Python shines.

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #248: Experiments With Gen AI, Knowledge Graphs, Workflows, and Python

May 09, 2025 api flask projects

Python & APIs: A Winning Combo for Reading Public Data

Python & APIs: A Winning Combo for Reading Public Data

Feb 01, 2025 intermediate api

Python's urllib.request for HTTP Requests

Python's urllib.request for HTTP Requests

Jan 11, 2025 intermediate api web-dev web-scraping

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Building HTTP APIs With Django REST Framework

Dec 31, 2024 advanced api django web-dev

Generate Images With DALL·E 2 and the OpenAI API

Generate Images With DALL·E and the OpenAI API

Sep 02, 2024 intermediate api data-science

Generate Images With DALL·E 2 and the OpenAI API

Generate Images With DALL·E and the OpenAI API

Sep 02, 2024 intermediate api data-science

Python API Integration

Interacting With REST APIs and Python

Aug 06, 2024 intermediate api web-dev

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #215: Using GraphQL in Django With Strawberry & Prototype Purgatory

Aug 02, 2024 api django web-dev

What Are CRUD Operations?

What Are CRUD Operations?

intermediate api databases web-dev

What Are CRUD Operations?

What Are CRUD Operations?

May 15, 2024 intermediate api web-dev

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #204: Querying OpenStreetMaps via API & Lazy Evaluation in Python

May 10, 2024 intermediate api python

Build a Blog Using Django, Vue, and GraphQL

Build a Blog Using Django, GraphQL, and Vue

advanced api django front-end web-dev

Python's urllib.request for HTTP Requests

HTTP Requests With Python's urllib.request

intermediate api web-dev web-scraping

Python API Integration

Python and REST APIs: Interacting With Web Services

Dec 01, 2023 intermediate api web-dev

Build a JavaScript Front End for a Flask API

Build a JavaScript Front End for a Flask API

intermediate api flask front-end projects web-dev

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #134: Building Python REST APIs With Flask & Structuring Pull Requests

Nov 25, 2022 api best-practices flask

Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 3

Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 3

intermediate api databases flask web-dev

Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 2

Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 2

intermediate api databases flask web-dev

Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 1

Python REST APIs With Flask, Connexion, and SQLAlchemy – Part 1

intermediate api flask web-dev

Sneaky REST APIs With Django Ninja

Sneaky REST APIs With Django Ninja

intermediate api web-dev

Build a URL Shortener With FastAPI and Python

Building a URL Shortener With FastAPI and Python

intermediate api databases projects web-dev

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #110: Advantages of Protobuf for Serialization in Python

May 20, 2022 advanced api web-dev

Build a URL Shortener With FastAPI and Python

Build a URL Shortener With FastAPI and Python

intermediate api databases projects web-dev

Use FastAPI to Build Web APIs

Python REST APIs With FastAPI

basics api web-dev

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #104: Building a Hash Table in Python and Thoughtful REST API Design

Apr 01, 2022 api data-structures testing

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #98: Drawing Fractals With Python and Working With a Weather API

Feb 18, 2022 api data-viz projects

Raining Outside? Build a Weather CLI App With Python

Raining Outside? Build a Weather CLI App With Python

Python API Integration

Python and REST APIs: Interacting With Web Services

intermediate api web-dev

Use FastAPI to Build Web APIs

Using FastAPI to Build Python Web APIs

basics api web-dev

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The Real Python Podcast – Episode #50: Consuming APIs With Python and Building Microservices With gRPC

Mar 05, 2021 api data-science testing

How to Make a Discord Bot in Python

Creating a Discord Bot in Python

intermediate api projects

The Real Python Podcast

The Real Python Podcast – Episode #14: Going Serverless with Python

Jun 19, 2020 api devops tools

The Real Python Podcast

The Real Python Podcast – Episode #6: Python REST APIs and The Well-Grounded Python Developer

Apr 24, 2020 api flask web-dev

How to Make a Discord Bot in Python

How to Make a Discord Bot in Python

intermediate api projects

How to Make a Twitter Bot in Python With Tweepy

How to Make a Twitter Bot in Python With Tweepy

intermediate api docker projects

Building a Simple Web App With Bottle, SQLAlchemy, and the Twitter API

Building a Simple Web App With Bottle, SQLAlchemy, and the Twitter API

api databases projects web-dev

Django Rest Framework CBVs

Django Rest Framework – Class Based Views

api django web-dev