Learning About API’s

As with last weeks topic, I am going to give you the option of learning about API’s from a few, specific curated resources. You should choose at least two of the following to work through;

1. MDN Web Docs. “Client-side web APIs”. 2018.
   • Overview
   • Introduction to Web APIs
   • Manipulating documents
   • Fetching data from the server
   • Third party APIs
   • Video and audio APIs
   • Client-side storage
2. Shiffman, Daniel. “Working with data - p5.js Tutorial.” The Coding Train. 2015
   • 10.1 - Introduction to Data and APIs in JavaScript
   • 10.2 - What is JSON? - Part I
   • 10.3 - What is JSON? - Part II
   • 10.4 - Loading JSON data from a URL (Asynchronous Callbacks!)
   • 10.5 - Working with APIs in Javascript
   • 10.6 - API Query with User Input
   • 10.7 - API Query with JavaScript setInterval()
   • 10.8 - Wordnik API and JavaScript
   • 10.9 - New York Times API and JavaScript
   • 10.10 - The Giphy API and JavaScript
3. “JSON APIs and AJAX.” freeCodeCamp.
   • Trigger Click Events with jQuery
   • Change Text with Click Events
   • Get JSON with the jQuery getJSON Method
   • Convert JSON Data to HTML
   • Render Images from Data Sources
   • Prefilter JSON
   • Get Geo-location Data
4. “How to Use API’s. Learn to Use the Soundcloud API.” Codecademy. 2018
   • How to Use APIs with JavaScript
     • Lessons 1-19
   • Using the Soundcloud API
     • Lessons 1-15
   • Using the YouTube API