What are API Keys? | Using API Keys

In this video, we use New York's MTA Bus Time API in order to find bus stops near a given location and determine when a specific bus arrives at a given stop. This API requires an API Key and in this tutorial, we'll look at what that means and how to affects your http request. Thank you for watching and happy coding!

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[tuckerstewart]

Thank you so much. I have 5 years experience and just moved onto a web role - no clue what an API key was or authentication really. This video described it much better than my co workers.

it's a video. but you gotta make those 10 min happen

[pauldarafeev]

I've talk for years about waiting for the Internet to be more geocentric based, and it appears that's what API now allows.

[theshubham]

The way you hold pen was gaining all my Focus lamooo xDxD... Nice content though

[catrinasmith]

I want to thank you for this tutorial. So much value to me in my job.

[shianghu]

so thrilled to find this channel, love from Taiwan, keep up the good work

[WiKiTWoNKa]

I googled it and found it "Application programming interface key"

[mohammadrezayazdanifar]

Please let us know more about public and private api keys. Also please give us some documentation about api keys.

[nilanjansarkar]

Nice video! What technology is usually used to implement API Keys? ( OAuth ?)

[mattheathons]

Interested about this! Please do more videos aimed for beginners on starting points.

[pforpazu]

very clear explanlation. goodjob blonde

[WiKiTWoNKa]

What is the Acronym for API though? This is very informative but I wish you said what it means in the very beginning 🤔

[elonximperator]

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[brian]

If you create an app that needs access to another service's log-in screen, would an API Key create a permanent log-in status? Thank you!

[LindeeLou-who]

So it is for someone who has developed an application?

[charlesbovalis]

Definitely helpful on what an API key actually is. Subscribed to your channel and checking other technical stuff you offer.

[mverma]

Can you make a video of the difference between API and API Keys?
from what I gathered and API is something that takes a requests and brings back the response such as when we go to a third party website for air line tickets that program brings back the responses from the airlines database. An API Key is something you use to see where some thing is at when it's en route ?

[dangueco]

Honestly Best Youtuber I have ever watched and learned from :)

[paulinavelazquez]

Thank you so much for the amazing content! Subscribed!

[touseefriaz]

How can I get the API keys of UK networks like 3G EE etc?