Python REST API Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Python REST API Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Gain insights into using Python to consume and create REST APIs, delving into HTTP methods like GET and PUT. Ideal for enhancing intermediate Python skills.

Intermediate

31 Lessons

6h

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into using Python to consume and create REST APIs, delving into HTTP methods like GET and PUT. Ideal for enhancing intermediate Python skills.

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This course includes

1 Project
10 Playgrounds
8 Quizzes

This course includes

1 Project
10 Playgrounds
8 Quizzes

Course Overview

REST is the most used mechanism to publish APIs for general consumption. Each language has its own set of libraries and methods that help a developer consume these APIs. This course will teach you how to use Python and its libraries for consuming and creating REST APIs in the easiest way possible. In the first part of this course, you’ll learn how to work with Python in using REST APIs for various scenarios. Then, in the second part, you’ll focus on building your own REST APIs using the HTTP methods, inclu...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Rest Api

Python

Python 3

Api Development

Api Integration

Http Request Methods

Microservice Architecture

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the fundamentals of REST and connecting to a REST API server

The ability to connect to a server with SSL while ignoring verification and using the server’s certificate

Familiarity with consuming response content

Hands-on experience designing and developing REST APIs using GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE

The ability to choose an appropriate framework for Python

The ability to inform clients about supported operations using OPTIONS

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the fundamentals of REST and connecting to a REST API server

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Course Content

1.

Introduction

Step through essential REST API principles, its terminology, distinctiveness, and practical applications.
4.

Conclusion

Grasp the fundamentals of REST API principles, Flask framework, and basic to advanced REST concepts.

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