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WTF Are APIs?! Seriously, wtf are they? @rdegges @gostormpath
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Hey, I’m Randall Developer Evangelist, Stormpath Open Source Dude <333 t3h c0d3z
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Wanna talk about APIs? APIs are the best! I want an API!
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What the hell are they?!
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APIs are websites made for computers
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Websites for humans are horrible.
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Hi!
Hello, world!
HTML!!!!
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body { padding: 2em; } h1 { font-size: 3em; color: #000; } CSS!!!!
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$(document).ready(function() { $("
Hello, world!").insertAfter("h1"); }); Javascript :(
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JUST DATA
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$ curl https://api.ipify.org 73.15.98.183 $ curl http://swapi.co/api/people/1/
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{ "username": "rdegges", "firstName": "Randall", "lastName": "Degges", "email": "randall@stormpath.com" } JSON
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rdegges Randall Degges randall@stormpath.com XML
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How do computers talk to an API?
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HTTP Request Headers Body Metadata Data
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HTTP Response Headers Body They look the same!
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GET POST PUT PATCH DELETE
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GET https://api.mywebsite.com/messages { "messages": [ { "id": 1, "text": "Hey Randall! Cool slide art!" }, { "id": 2, "text": "Great talk, too!" } ] }
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POST https://api.mywebsite.com/messages { "text": "I’m storing a new message!" } { "id": 3, "text": "I’m storing a new message!" }
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PUT https://api.mywebsite.com/messages/1 { "id": 1, "text": "Hey Randall! BAD slide art!" } { "id": 1, "text": "Hey Randall! BAD slide art!" }
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PATCH https://api.mywebsite.com/messages/1 { "text": "Hey Randall! Booorrring." } { "id": 1, "text": "Hey Randall! Booorrring." }
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DELETE https://api.mywebsite.com/messages/1 { "id": 1, "text": "Hey Randall! Booorrring." }
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APIs are pretty cool, after all!
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https://www.publicapis.com/
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POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts//Calls.json { "From": "+14158675309", "To": "+18182179229", "Url": "https://mywebsite.com/call.xml" }
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POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts//Messages.json { "From": "+14158675309", "To": "+18182179229", "Body": "Hey Randall!!" }
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You mean I can use an API to ship stuff?! Cool!
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My website is now very secure! Hahaha.
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APIs Are Magical!
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You’re awesome. @rdegges @gostormpath