GeeksforGeeks API Bootcamp: Summer Edition - Sponsored by Postman
The Summer API BootCamp is a 5-week program designed to help participants explore the fundamentals of web development and API usage. Organized by GeeksforGeeks and sponsored by Postman Student Programs, this boot camp offers a hands-on experience to the participants.
Course Overview
In this course, we will start with learning the fundamentals of APIs and build a full stack app - an AI text summarizer app using JavaScript, Node.js, the Hugging Face Interface AI API, and Postman.
Key Highlights:
1) 2 Workshops: Live classes to provide a strong foundation for both sections: "Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert" and "Project-Based Learning: Build an AI Text Summarizer App."
2) Self-Paced Learning: Two self-paced courses for the Participants on Postman LMS
3) Get Rewarded: Complete the Project on Postman LMS and attend the additional Contests to earn exciting rewards from Postman X GeeksforGeeks
4) No Pre-Requisites: The boot camp is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of web development or APIs.
5) Free of Cost: The Summer API BootCamp is open to everyone and does not require any registration fees.
What will you get?
- Postman Student Expert badge
- Project completion certification from Postman
- Bootcamp certification from GeeksforGeeks
- Goodies (for any project-related challenges/live quizzes, etc)
Course Content
Introduction to APIs
- Understanding what APIs are and their importance
- Exploring different types of APIs
- Embracing the API First philosophy
Getting to know the Postman platform
- Creating Postman workspaces and collections
- Making GET, POST, PATCH, and DELETE requests using a real Library API
- Understanding API responses and their formats
- Authorizing requests with API Keys
- Basic scripting in Postman
- Calling APIs with code
Note: You need to Register on Postman's Student Program at take up this course at their LMS
Welcome
- Before you start
- Register as Postman Student
- Application Programming Interfaces
- APIs - A Digital Restaurant
- Types of APIs
- Quiz #1: What Are APIs?
- An API Platform
- The API First World
- Getting started with Postman
- Quiz #2 Introducing Postman
- Task: Create a workspace
- Task: Create a collection
- Task: Get books from the Library API
- Request-Response pattern
- Quiz #3: Your First API Request
- Variables in Postman
- Query parameters
- Task: Search books by genre
- Task: Multiple query parameters
- Path Variable
- Task: Get a book by id
- Quiz #4: Query vs. path parameters
- Task: Add a book
- Task: Add an authorization header
- Task: Use Postman Auth instead!
- Quiz #5: Sending Data With Postman
- Variables in Postman (Continued)
- Setting variables programmatically
- Task: Your first script
- Task: Grab the new book id
- Halfway Test
- Quiz #6: Intro to Variables
- Task: Checkout your book
- Task: Delete your book
- Postman's codegen feature
Practice Questions, Revise the Concepts & Claim your Badge
