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An Introduction to APIs

An introduction to APIs | Zapier guides.
In this course, we walk you through what it takes for companies to link their systems together. We start off easy, defining some of the tech lingo you may have heard before, but didn’t fully understand.

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This is a very good introduction to APIs, although it seems to have been writing in 2014. But it is still very relevant and useful, especially for beginners.

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