APIs

Preperation

• MDN Documentation:
  • Read about APIs (and distinctions between libraries and frameworks) in this Introduction to Web APIs
  • Visit MDN Web APIs (just to note the resource is there)
• W3Schools Documentation:
  • Read W3Schools Web APIs
• HTMX Article by Carson Gross
  
  • See How Did REST Come to Mean the Opposite of REST?

In class: 

• Use a Weather API to get the tempature in Bozeman, Berlin, Bermuda

Check Your Understanding

• Why might you need an API key to use a third party API service?