Connecting to RESTful APIs for beginners

Name: Connecting to RESTful APIs for beginners
Rating: 4.4 (8 reviews)

Windows/Java/Eclipse

Created byBrandon Beck

Last updated 1/2019

English

What you'll learn

Read and Understand API documentation. Basics of creating a URL connection in Java.

Course content

4 sections • 16 lectures • 3h 3m total length

Introduction0:56
A quick introduction to me and what you'll be learning in this course. Source code for all finished lessons is linked in the last lesson.
Installing Java1:54
A step by step guide to getting Java installed on your windows computer. If you are not using windows, you can still complete this course by following another guide to get Java installed on the operating system of your choice. You can freely skip this video if you already have Java installed.
Installing Eclipse1:08
A step by step guide to getting the Eclipse IDE installed on your windows computer. If you are not using windows, you can still complete this course by following another guide to get Eclipse installed on the operating system of your choice. You can also use any other IDE that you're familiar with. You can freely skip this video if you already have an IDE installed.
Creating a Hello World Project4:46
This video will go over creating your first "hello world" project in Eclipse. If you're already familiar with setting up a project in your IDE, go ahead and skip this video.

No Auth Situations11:40
We write some code that will actually connect to our first API. This API is publicly available data, and therefore requires no authentication.
API Key Authentication31:47
We will connect to Nasa's API with API key authentication.
Basic Authentication (Username and Password)34:10
We will connect to Pivotal Tracker, a project management software system with Basic Authentication.
After you finish this lesson, you will notice we re-used a lot of code. Spend some time figuring out how you can make those pieces re-usable.
OAuth Authentication44:35
During this lesson we will connect to Asana using OAuth authentication.
After you finish this lesson, write some additional classes to get data from the tasks you've added to Asana.

Handling User Credentials1:00
Error Codes and Error Handling15:18
Good error handling is a must.
APIs are always changing. While some API providers do a great job of documenting their API versions and changes, not all do.
This means that the Code you write needs to be flexible and capable of handling exceptions that might occur.
Response Headers and Rate limiting11:25
We cover response headers that are returned with an API response, and handling API rate limits. After this lesson is finished, see if you can pace your calls to the NASA API so that you could have a regularly updating website without going over your API rate limit.
Thanks0:11

Requirements

Some very basic programming knowledge will be helpful.

Description

This course has been designed to help the Java beginner understand how to establish connections to RESTful APIs. Examples will be taught on a Windows environment using Eclipse and Java. The course will make minimal use of 3rd party libraries to help the student fully understand what their software is doing. We will cover the structure of an API call, the most commonly used authentication methods, and handling responses. We will also cover Http verbs, response codes and headers.

No tests or quizzes. Lets just write some code.

Who this course is for:

Beginning Developers who need to connect and use data from a RESTful API.

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Course content

Introduction And Setup4 lectures • 9min

Structure of an API call4 lectures • 25min

Authentication4 lectures • 2hr 2min

Handling Responses and Nuances of APIs4 lectures • 28min

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