WEB 1.1 - Module 3: Lesson 1

Learning Outcomes 💫

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to...

Explain how APIs allow us to leverage third-party data when developing an application.
Explain how an API receives a request, connects to a database, and sends data back to the client.

Videos 🎥

Vid 1 - Exploring the nature of API's via Gincord.io

Exercises 💪

Answer the questions in this repl.it and submit your work.

Written Companion 🗒

<aside> 🤔 How do we leverage existing data collected by other services such as Twitter, ESPN, and Uber in our own applications?

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Companies of all types collect and utilize data on their users. This can range from medical data at a hospital, transport data from a public transit organization, or personalized profile data from a tech company.

This data can be leveraged across platforms and easily shared using an Application Programming Interface (API). Developers granted an API permission can tap into another company's data for their own application!