📚 API Learning Library

Welcome to the API Learning Library!

This is a beginner-friendly collection of resources to help you learn, build, read, and document APIs. Whether you are just starting or improving your skills, this repo will help you grow and feel confident with APIs.

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🔖 Table of Contents

1. Learning APIs
2. Building APIs
3. Reading APIs
4. Documenting APIs
5. Contributing
6. License

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Learning APIs

Understand what APIs are and how they work.

📖 Articles & Blogs

• What is an API? In English, please – freeCodeCamp
• Beginner’s Guide to APIs – Postman Blog
• What is an API? – DigitalOcean

📰 Newsletters

• API Developer Weekly
• APIs You Won’t Hate
• The Pragmatic Engineer Weekly (Includes useful API topics often)

🎙 Podcasts

• APIs You Won’t Hate
• The Changelog
• Software Engineering Daily – API Track

🎓 Courses

• APIs for Beginners – Codecademy
• API Fundamentals – Postman Academy
• Google API Tech Writing – Part 1

📹 Videos

• What is an API? – MuleSoft
• APIs Explained for Beginners – Tech With Tim
• How the Internet Works: APIs – Fireship

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Building APIs

From idea to implementation: start creating your own APIs.

📖 Articles & Blogs

• RESTful API Design Best Practices – Stoplight
• Build an API with Node.js – DEV Community
• How to Build APIs in Django – Real Python

📰 Newsletters

• REST API Digest
• The API Economy (Insightful and beginner-accessible)

🎙 Podcasts

• The Backend Engineering Show
• APIs Unplugged

🎓 Courses

• Build APIs with Django – Coursera
• REST APIs with Node.js – FreeCodeCamp
• Flask API Crash Course – Traversy Media

📹 Videos

• How to Build a REST API – Web Dev Simplified
• Node.js REST API Tutorial – Net Ninja

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Reading APIs

Decode API documentation and explore endpoints with ease.

📖 Articles & Blogs

• How to Read API Docs – Zapier
• How to Understand JSON Responses – Twilio
• OpenAPI 101 – Stoplight

📰 Newsletters

• API World Weekly
• ReadMe’s Changelog

🎙 Podcasts

• Developer Tea – Understanding API Docs
• Request for Commits – API Literacy

🎓 Courses

• Explore API Docs with Postman
• Intro to API Testing & Docs – Swagger

📹 Videos

• Intro to Reading API Docs – Write the Docs
• How to Use API Documentation – Traversy Media

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Documenting APIs

Write helpful, clear, and lovable API docs.

📖 Articles & Blogs

• Best Practices for API Docs – Stoplight
• How to Write Good API Docs – ReadMe Blog
• API Documentation Checklist – Tom Johnson

📰 Newsletters

• Write the Docs Newsletter
• Docs Writing Monthly
• Technical Writing Weekly

🎙 Podcasts

• Write the Docs Podcast
• Knowledge Base – Documentation in Practice

🎓 Courses

• API Tech Writing – Google
• Documenting APIs – Udemy
• API Docs for Writers – Pluralsight

📹 Videos

• How to Document APIs – Tom Johnson
• API Documentation for Developers – Write the Docs
• Writing Friendly API Docs – Nordic APIs

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Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! 💬
Have a favorite resource or article that helped you understand APIs? Add it here and help someone else grow!
Just make sure it's:

• Beginner-friendly
• Free to access
• Clearly labeled

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License

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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❤️ Made with care to help beginners fall in love with APIs.