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The document explains APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) as a means for software programs to communicate, highlighting the requests package in Python for making API calls and the FastAPI framework for building APIs. It details the use of HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE, and emphasizes the importance of handling responses and exceptions. FastAPI is noted for its speed, data validation, documentation, and efficient code development compared to other frameworks like Flask.

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The document explains APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) as a means for software programs to communicate, highlighting the requests package in Python for making API calls and the FastAPI framework for building APIs. It details the use of HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE, and emphasizes the importance of handling responses and exceptions. FastAPI is noted for its speed, data validation, documentation, and efficient code development compared to other frameworks like Flask.

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Python Advanced:

APIs

TAKEAWAYS
02

What is API?

1 API stands for Application Programming


Interface.
2 It is a way through which different software
programs talk to each other.
3 requests is a popular Python package used to
call APIs from Python code.
4 FastAPI is a popular web framework in Python
that is used to build APIs.
5 GET, PUT, POST and DELETE are four frequently
used REST API calls
03

Calling APIs With


requests Package

1 The requests library in Python simplifies making


HTTP requests to APIs, supporting methods like
GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and more.
2 Using [Link]() or [Link](), you can
easily fetch data from or send data to a server,
with parameters or data passed as function
arguments.
3 Handling the response involves checking
response.status_code to ensure the request was
successful and using [Link]() to parse
JSON data returned by the API.
4 Exception handling is crucial when making API
calls.
04

Building APIs With


FastAPI

1 FastAPI is a web framework that lets you build


servers that can serve inference requests.
2 FastAPI is a modern framework that offers
several benefits over other options such as
Flask. The benefits are:
Speed
In-built data validation
In-built documentation
Faster code development

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