Back-End Application Programming Interfaces

What are we trying to accomplish?

By learning how to integrate third-party APIs with your Django API and securely storing secret keys within .env files, you are aiming to enhance the functionality and security of your application. This integration enables your Django application to access external services seamlessly, enriching its features and data sources. Storing sensitive API keys in .env files ensures that these credentials are kept confidential and not exposed in your codebase, bolstering the security of your application and protecting sensitive information. This combination of API integration and secure key management empowers your application to provide valuable services to users while safeguarding sensitive data.

Lectures and Assignments

Lectures

• Lesson - Working with Back-End API's
• Lesson - Formatting and Displaying BE API's

Assignments

TLO's (Testable Learning Objectives)

• Utilize requests to manage API requests in Python
• Utilize OAuth1 to manage Authentication with 3rd Party API's
• Integrate 3rd Party API's with your project

ELO's (Enabling Learning Objectives)

• Manage Secret Keys
• Interact with .env files
• Utilize python-dotenv
• Write Unit Test Mocking 3rd Party API requests.