This course is part of the Meta Back-End Developer Professional Certificate

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Delve deeper into the processes and concepts behind APIs and their infrastructure. Explore the key concepts that underpin API development and the principles of representational state transfer architectural style (REST) architecture. Build basic API and REST data backbones for web apps using Django. Discover emerging API technology and practice other ways to build and work with APIs. Finally, you will test, optimize and develop documentation for an API.
By the end of this course you will be able to:

•	Work with and build APIs
•	Build basic API and REST data backbones for web apps using Django
•	Discover emerging API technology 
•	Test, optimize and develop documentation for an API

To complete this course, you will need Django experience.  Additionally, it always helps to have a can-do attitude!

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Course 6 of 9 in the

Meta Back-End Developer Professional Certificate

Intermediate Level

Learners need prior Django development experience to do this course

Approx. 20 hours to complete

English

What you will learn

API development
Principles of REST architecture
Build a basic API

Skills you will gain

Debugging
Authentication and authorization
REST APIs
Filtering and ordering
Serializers and deserializers

Flexible deadlines

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Coursera Labs

Includes hands on learning projects.

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Course 6 of 9 in the

Meta Back-End Developer Professional Certificate

Intermediate Level

Learners need prior Django development experience to do this course

Approx. 20 hours to complete

English

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Taught by Meta Staff

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

7 hours to complete

REST APIs

7 hours to complete

15 videos (Total 79 min), 15 readings, 5 quizzes

15 videos

Introduction to the course4mHow are APIs used in the real world?4mWhat you know about HTTP6mRESTfulness7mNaming conventions8mEssential tools for API development5mCreate a Django Project using pipenv3mREST best practices6mSecurity and authentication in REST API4mAccess control3mBook List API project5mOrganizing an API project5mDebugging your API5mBrowser tools and extensions for API development3mModule summary: REST APIs4m

15 readings

Course syllabus4mWorking with labs and exercises in this course10mHow to be successful in this course10mHTTP methods, status codes and response types8mGood routes versus bad routes6mInstalling VS Code10mSetting up tools and environment30mOptional: Creating a Django project (steps and code)10mExercise: Know your tools30mAdditional resources5mAuthentication versus authorization7mConsequences of a poorly designed API project7mXML and JSON response types5mSolution: Your first API11mMock APIs10m

5 practice exercises

Self review: Know your tools9mKnowledge Check: Introduction to APIs15mKnowledge check: Principles of API development15mSelf review: Your first API9mModule quiz: REST APIs30m

Week2

Week 2

6 hours to complete

Django REST framework

6 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 58 min), 8 readings, 4 quizzes

12 videos

What is the Django REST framework (DRF)?4mInstalling and setting up DRF6mBetter API view with decorators4mFunction and class-based views5mDjango debug toolbar4mRestaurant menu API project with DRF5mSerializers4mModel serializers2mRelationship serializers3mDeserialization and validation4mRenderers5mModule summary: Django REST framework5m

8 readings

Different types of routing in DRF15mGeneric views and ViewSets in DRF17mSolution: Convert booklist API project to DRF30mAdditional resources5mOther types of serializers in DRF17mDifferent types of renderers17mSolution: Restaurant menu API using serialization15mAdditional resources5m

4 practice exercises

Self review: Convert booklist API project to DRF9mKnowledge check: Introduction to DRF15mSelf review: Restaurant menu API using serialization9mModule quiz: Django REST framework30m

Week3

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Advanced API development

5 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 57 min), 9 readings, 4 quizzes

11 videos

Filtering and searching6mOrdering4mPagination4mCaching4mToken-based authentication in DRF7mUser roles4mSetting up API throttling5mIntroduction to Djoser library for better authentication5mRegistration and authentication endpoints with JWT6mUser account management5mModule summary: Securing an API in Django REST framework3m

9 readings

Importance of data validation18mData sanitization15mMore on filtering and pagination15mSolution: Restaurant menu API - filtering, ordering and searching30mAdditional resources5mAPI throttling for class-based views15mExercise: User account management30mSolution: User account management15mAdditional resources5m

4 practice exercises

Self review: Restaurant menu API - filtering, ordering and searching9mKnowledge check: Essential API tasks15mSelf review: User account management9mModule quiz: Securing an API in Django REST framework30m

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Final project assessment

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 13 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

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TOP REVIEWS FROM APIS

by JNFeb 9, 2023

This course is very good! The final coding assessment is challenging but doable.

by LBJan 30, 2023

The API course is amazing way to learn diferents topics relationed with django , is also a challenge because you can aplicate the knowledge in short time.

by TNDec 31, 2022

Amazing, and worth it, I finished the course knowing how to create and utilize API's

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About the Meta Back-End Developer Professional Certificate

Ready to gain new skills and the tools developers use to create websites and web applications? This certificate, designed by the software engineering experts at Meta—the creators of Facebook and Instagram, will prepare you for an entry-level career as a back-end developer.

On completion, you’ll get access to the Meta Career Programs Job Board—a job search platform that connects you with 200+ employers who have committed to sourcing talent through Meta’s certificate programs, as well as career support resources to help you with your job search. In this program, you’ll learn: Python Syntax—the most popular choice for machine learning, data science and artificial intelligence. In-demand programming skills and how to confidently use code to solve problems. Linux commands and Git repositories to implement version control. The world of data storage and databases using MySQL, and how to craft sophisticated SQL queries. Django web framework and how the front-end consumes data from the REST APIs. How to prepare for technical interviews for back-end developer roles. Any third-party trademarks and other intellectual property (including logos and icons) referenced in the learning experience remain the property of their respective owners. Unless specifically identified as such, Coursera’s use of third-party intellectual property does not indicate any relationship, sponsorship, or endorsement between Coursera and the owners of these trademarks or other intellectual property.

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