API courses can help you learn how to design, build, and test application programming interfaces, as well as understand RESTful services and authentication methods. You can build skills in data exchange formats like JSON and XML, error handling, and API documentation practices. Many courses introduce tools such as Postman for testing APIs, Swagger for documentation, and various programming languages like Python or JavaScript to implement API calls, allowing you to effectively integrate and manage data across different systems.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Software Design Patterns, Unified Modeling Language, Java Programming, Software Architecture, Application Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Software Engineering, API Design, Software Development
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Restful API, Full-Stack Web Development, React.js, Application Programming Interface (API), Spring Boot, Front-End Web Development, Web Applications, MongoDB, UI Components, JSON, NoSQL, Data Access
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Google Gemini, Engineering Software, Responsible AI, Embeddings, Gemini, Software Development Tools, AI Workflows
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Distributed Computing, Computer Science, Computational Thinking, Computer Networking, Data Structures, Natural Language Processing, Algorithms, Problem Solving, Application Programming Interface (API)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Application Deployment, Cloud Applications, Load Balancing, Web Applications, Cloud API, Application Performance Management, Web Servers
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google App Engine, Application Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Go (Programming Language), Cloud Applications, Software Testing, Cloud API, Platform As A Service (PaaS)
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Microservices, Docker (Software), Containerization, API Gateway, Redis, API Design, ASP.NET, .NET Framework, Software Architecture, Microsoft Visual Studio, Software Design Patterns, Cloud-Native Computing, Restful API, C# (Programming Language), Web Services, Application Programming Interface (API), Event-Driven Programming, Integration Testing, Scalability, Web Development
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud-Based Integration, Data Access, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud API, Data Import/Export, Data Management
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: MySQL, MongoDB, NoSQL, Object-Relational Mapping, Database Design, Relational Databases, SQL, Node.JS, Restful API, Databases, Data Persistence, Data Modeling, Data Integrity, Unstructured Data
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Data Lakes, Google Cloud Platform, Data Management, Cloud Management, Cloud API, Data Infrastructure, Data Analysis
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: OpenAI API, ChatGPT, Unified Modeling Language, LLM Application, Prompt Engineering, Software Visualization, Technical Communication, User Story, Application Programming Interface (API), Development Environment
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, Javascript, Web Development Tools, Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), Web Design and Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Development, Application Programming Interface (API), HTML and CSS, Back-End Web Development, Web Applications, JSON, Restful API, Event-Driven Programming, Application Development, Application Deployment, Unit Testing, Programming Principles, Data Structures, Prototyping
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months