Consuming RESTful API in SwiftUI Apps - Mini Course

Name: Consuming RESTful API in SwiftUI Apps - Mini Course
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A step-by-step guide to using APIs in your SwiftUI projects.

Created byMohammad Azam

Last updated 3/2024

English

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What you'll learn

Understand RESTful API fundamentals (structure, methods, data exchange).
Master network requests with URLSession in SwiftUI.
Leverage async/await for efficient data fetching.
Decode JSON data using Codable and JSONDecoder.
Integrate API data into stunning SwiftUI views.

Course content

2 sections • 8 lectures • 39m total length

Introduction1:39
Learn to consume a restful API in a Swift UI mini course, build a recipe client, and display recipes in a Swift UI app with downloadable source code.

What we will be building?1:27
Build a beginner recipe app that consumes a JSON RESTful API in SwiftUI, allowing users to search recipes by keywords like cake or chicken and view images and names.
Tour of the Recipe API4:32
Discover how to consume a rest api in SwiftUI by querying the recipe search endpoint, handling authorization headers, and parsing the json response's results array into Swift models representing recipes.
Creating Models to Map JSON8:16
Create a decodable recipe model with title and featuredImage, map json's featured_image via coding keys, and wrap the response with count, next, previous, and a results array.
Implementing RecipeClient10:18
Implement a Swift recipe client that fetches recipes from a URL with authorization headers using async/await, decodes JSON into a recipe response, and passes results to the view.
Displaying Recipes on the Screen12:00
Learn to consume a restful API from a SwiftUI app, fetch results by search term, and display recipes and images on screen with async image and identifiable models.
Source Code
Bonus Lecture1:21
Explore free SwiftUI resources, including surf UI fundamentals, covering state management, navigation, and weather app development with RESTful APIs using the MV pattern.

Requirements

Basic understanding of Swift
Introduction to SwiftUI

Description

Consuming RESTful APIs in SwiftUI Apps - Mini Course

Description:

This mini-course empowers you to integrate external data into your SwiftUI applications by mastering the fundamentals of consuming RESTful APIs. Through a step-by-step approach, you'll gain the skills to leverage the power of APIs and unlock a world of possibilities for your SwiftUI projects.

What you'll learn:

The fundamentals of RESTful APIs: Grasp the core concepts and understand how APIs function.
Making network requests in SwiftUI: Utilize URLSession and the power of asynchronous programming with async/await to fetch data from APIs.
Decoding JSON data: Effectively parse JSON responses into usable Swift data structures using Codable and JSONDecoder.
Integrating API data into your SwiftUI views: Display and manage retrieved data seamlessly within your app's user interface.

Benefits:

Build dynamic and data-driven apps: Fetch real-time information, user data, or content from external sources to enhance user experience.
Expand your development skills: Gain valuable knowledge and techniques for working with APIs, a crucial aspect of modern app development.
Unlock new possibilities: Open doors to a vast array of data sources and functionalities for your SwiftUI creations.

This course is perfect for:

SwiftUI developers who want to learn how to leverage APIs in their projects.
Anyone interested in building data-driven apps with SwiftUI.
Developers seeking to expand their skillset and explore the potential of APIs.

Enroll now and take your SwiftUI development to the next level!

Who this course is for:

SwiftUI developers
Data-driven app enthusiasts
Developers seeking to expand their skillset

Consuming RESTful API in SwiftUI Apps - Mini Course

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Understanding the API and Creating Models7 lectures • 38min

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