Consuming Rest Api with retrofit in Android

consuming dog api with retrofit

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1. @ValentineRutto, Android Engineer Consuming Rest APIs in Android
2. ValentineRutto Android Engineer-@Dlight Twitter | Linkedin | Medium | Github | Instagram @valentinerutto
3. API(application programming interface). It is a set of rules that allow programs to talk to each other. REST(“Representational State Transfer”) -Determines how the API looks like -It is a set of rules that developers follow when they create their API What is Rest API?
5. A client library developed by square that is used to create HTTP Requests and process HTTP responses from a REST API Retrofit library
6. • Retrofit Interface An interface that defines HTTP operations @GET("api/breeds/image/random") suspend fun getRandomDogImage(): DogImageResponse • Retrofit class Creates an instance of retrofit and implements the retrofit interface methods val apiClient: ApiService= Retrofit.Builder() .baseUrl("https://dog.ceo") .client(OkHttpClient()) .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create()) .build() .create(ApiService::class.java) • Retrofit Converters Defines format that data will be represented in. GSON is JSON mapping. Retrofit Classes
7. Resources DOGAPI Documentation Consuming dog api
8. Demo Github Code https://github.com/valentineRutto/RandomdogImages
9. Thank You Twitter | Linkedin | Medium | Github @valentinerutto