Learn to work with APIs Specialization

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Learn to work with APIs Specialization

Build Dynamic Web Apps with JavaScript and APIs. Learn how to connect, retrieve, and display data from APIs to create interactive and responsive web applications.

Instructor: Bob Ziroll

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4 course series

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Intermediate level

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1 month

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

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4 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 month

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

How to fetch, display, and process data from external APIs.
How to use asynchronous JavaScript, including promises and async/await.
How to build a variety of API-integrated projects.

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Specialization - 4 course series

In this Specialization, you will explore how APIs work and how to communicate with them using JavaScript.

You’ll learn key skills such as making HTTP requests, fetching and processing data from external sources, and building dynamic web pages with asynchronous JavaScript.

Through engaging projects, you'll gain hands-on experience in building responsive applications that integrate with APIs. By the end, you'll be ready to apply these skills in real-world web development scenarios.

Applied Learning Project

Throughout this Specialization, you will build a variety of projects including a bot, a blog, a card game, and a personal dashboard, all using asynchronous JavaScript. By the end, you will be able to demonstrate your ability to process API data and implement custom JavaScript functions in real-world scenarios.

These projects will help you apply your skills to authentic problems, such as retrieving and displaying dynamic data in an interactive application.

API Basics 1: Build a Bot (Fetch, JSON & Async JavaScript)

Course 11 hour

What you'll learn

Understand how APIs work and how to interact with them using JavaScript.
Fetch and display data from external sources using asynchronous JavaScript.
Build a bot using JavaScript and an API.

Skills you'll gain

Category: RESTful API

Category: Full Stack Development

Category: JavaScript (Programming Language)

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

Category: JSON

API Basics 2: Build a Blog (REST, URLs & HTTP Requests)

Course 22 hours

What you'll learn

Understand how to make HTTP requests and interact with APIs.
Build and style dynamic web pages that communicate with a server.
Build a blog using JavaScript and an API.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Development

Category: RESTful API

Category: JavaScript (Programming Language)

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

API Basics 3: Build a Game (Async JS, Callbacks & Promises)

Course 33 hours

What you'll learn

Handle API data using promises and async/await.
Create custom JavaScript functions to process arrays efficiently.
Build a card game using asynchronous JavaScript.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Development

Category: RESTful API

Category: JavaScript (Programming Language)

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

API Basics 4: Build a Personal Dashboard (Promise Rejection)

Course 42 hours

What you'll learn

Display current weather and time dynamically on a web page.
Integrate real-time cryptocurrency data using APIs.
Build a functional, responsive dashboard using Flexbox layout techniques.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Development

Category: RESTful API

Category: JavaScript (Programming Language)

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

Instructor

Bob Ziroll

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Learn to work with APIs Specialization

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Details to know

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Advance your subject-matter expertise

Earn a career certificate

Specialization - 4 course series

API Basics 1: Build a Bot (Fetch, JSON & Async JavaScript)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

API Basics 2: Build a Blog (REST, URLs & HTTP Requests)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

API Basics 3: Build a Game (Async JS, Callbacks & Promises)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

API Basics 4: Build a Personal Dashboard (Promise Rejection)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Instructor

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Why people choose Coursera for their career

Explore more related skills

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Join over 3,400 global companies that choose Coursera for Business

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