APIs and REST with Python

Introduction to REST APIs with PostMan - a crash-course

• Introduction to PostMan

• Introduction to JSON

• Introduction to HTTP Status Codes

• Introduction to HTTP Methods

• What is REST?

• Use PostMan to Using Create, Read, Update and Delete records

Using JSON vs XML for API Requests

Build a simple Python program that Consumes an API

• Using pip, we'll install the requests library

• Learn how to manage Python Virtual Environments with pipenv

• Consume a simple API using Requests

Consuming the data

• Mapping a JSON response to 

  • A Dictionary

  • A Pandas Dataframe

  • Python Objects

Creating an API using Flask

Building a Serverless API using Visual Studio Code and Azure Functions