Why Every Developer Needs to Master APIs Today

Have you ever wondered how your phone always has up-to-date weather, how you can control your smart home with Alexa, or how apps retrieve live data instantly? The answer: APIs! 🚀

In this beginner-friendly video, we’ll explore:
✅ What APIs are and why they matter
✅ How the internet works & the role of HTTP
✅ How APIs enable machine-to-machine communication
✅ The difference between web pages & API responses
✅ Why JSON is the preferred format for APIs

API stands for "application programming interface". APIs enable applications to communicate with each other. Even though you can't see them, APIs are everywhere. They are powering the digital experiences that are essential to modern life.

🔹 APIs power the modern digital world, from mobile apps to websites, and even smart assistants. By the end of this series, you'll have a clear understanding of APIs and some hands-on experience using them!

📌 Stay tuned for the next video where we’ll show you how to fetch data from an API easily!

🔗 Check out our guide to APIs:

🔗 See link to workspace for APIs:

🔗 If you are starting with Postman and APIs and wish to take an online course, Valentin Despa has created a complete Postman course for you. See the link below for details:

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[lholhofox]

Direct to the point, easy and well explained!! thank you!!

[poster]

Thanks for the great and clear introduction. Good work.

[TheQqsscc]

Like your style! Please make more videos.

[flaviocardoso]

Hey, what happened to the other videos????

[arch]

Are Google's servers consist of Xbox Ones? :)