For those of you new to this also understand that the word "interface" just means where two things meet. Some people think interface just means user interface. It can also be used in terms of database interface, network interface, software interface, urban wilderness interface, land sea interface etc. I've been looked at strangely by people who thought it only meant graphical user interface (GUI).
As a gamer and one who has used addons for games, I’ve heard of APIs for almost 20 years. I be honest to say as much as I’ve heard of the thing, I knew they did a query to the server of the MMO games I played, I’ve never had any idea how they worked. Not clearly. This was a very good example with the video in clear explanation. This has also given me an idea for my job in industrial automation.
The video is explaining the concept of Web APIs, specifically, not APIs themselves. An API is just the collection of classes, methods and functions exposed by a programming library or framework. Web APIs is the same concept, but brought to the Internet. It's important to know the difference.
@@hastyscorpion All the more important to learn things right from the get go. They are learning a definition of API that's not 100% accurate, they will probably encounter the concept of an API (a real software API) at some point in their careers and get it wrong. Hopefully this won't cost anyone an opportunity in job interviews.
That's not true. There are different levels to learning. Starting from teaching a person 1 + 1 without necessarily teaching them immediately 6578 +-* 7655 doesn't mean 1 + 1 is wrong. This is just an 11 minutes video. You don't expect them to touch all aspects of API. No person that wants to get serious knowledge about a topic would just watch an 11 minutes video and that's all. There's hours and hours of lectures they know they have to learn but they'll have to START from somewhere.
@@amaechiwilliams1345 I agree that anyone seeking to learn more about this will watch a lot more videos on it. And I do agree that this video is a good introduction to the topic of Web APIS, a good starting point. That being said, I don't think it was too difficult to explain that there is something called APIs and another thing called Web APIS. This is still a simple enough concept that can be explained in layman's terms without getting to deep into the details.
Very true....when I started my backend development learning journey, I found everywhere the same definition, "an API is the set of rules and protocols which enables the communication among different systems". While this definition is theoretically correct but it doesn't tell the whole picture like what an entity it is and due to this I was just stuck, frustrated, and confused about a month. It was later when I got to know that the APIs are just the classes and methods exposed by a service or system to the users in a specific pre-defined rules and protocols. So basically they standardised the communications between the systems by providing a set of functions and classes to call the actual function classes or methods of the system/services.....As an extra layer of methods above the actual functions/methods.
Great explanation. I would add: if you’re thinking about doing this as a business, we forewarned that big companies do ‘change the rules’ for their API access whenever they wish, including starting to charge large fees.
Channelling my inner John Tuld (Margin Call): "Please, speak as you might to a young child or a Golden Retriever. It wasn't brains that got me here, I can assure you that." You did, and now it's finally sunken in! Thank you 👍
Good educational video, this helped me understand exactly what API's do and how we can use them and your examples you use are spot on :) this will help when learning the basics for the CCNA! thanks for the video!
Wow this, I like how you broke down everything with examples. I was wondering what JSON format is and how I would have gone to look for another video to understand that but you broke everything down with examples. Lovely
I've heard the term "API" tossed around for years by people who love to use jargon. Your video finally explained what they are and why they are so common. Thank you, and well done!
Nice. Finally a high level detailed overview of API's explained in a way that someone who's not that familiar with API concepts will be able to grasp. Much appreciated.
Thank You for explaining in detail, slow and steady manner. It really helped me to understand the concept of API with actual practical example rather than reading definitions here and there.
I almost feel bad to say this in s room full of "this is amazing!" or "the best API explanation on TH-cam", but I do take issue with the fact that you make it sound like API is a web thing. WebAPIs are one kind of API that is exposed over web protocols such as HTTP. Long before the web, developers were using all kinds of APIs, at different abstraction levels. Don't get me wrong; this is a good video; I just felt like a remark had to be made.
@@bruvhellnah To me and most people if you just say “API” it means a “Web API”. It’s a way by which you can send messages over the internet to an application and interact with it. “API” in general means an interface to interact with applications using code (this interaction is not necessarily over the internet) But either way, usually when most people say “API” it means “Web API”.
Looks like a great API tutorial, not that I would know, but I merely want to know how to make a front end to query data in Google Sheets, which I am trying to use as the data table for a "database" of my work materials. Never mind, this was interesting.
Very well explained to a noob like me up until the point where I asked myself: So how is the response received and do you need to run it through a service like postman or was that just for the display?
An API is just any interface provided by the developers of a piece of software that allows other parties to use it without having access to the source of that software itself. REST and other Web API's often use a common standard for what this interface is supposed to look like, which is outlined in this video. In their case, using the API means sending a web request to the server that's running the software you want to use that has the API. However, many APIs are not web-based. The Windows API provides functionality to allow programmers to create programs that run within windows, without having access to the source code of windows. For example, it provides the capability of creating buttons, windows, send files to the printer, start up a new process thread, etc. These are usually just methods within a library within a programming language, and don't have anything to do with web requests like a web api. Basically, an API is just the concept of giving a specific set of access points to your application that can be used by another program instead of by the user itself. It's basically the user interface for the programs themselves. So where a human might want to do something with an app by pressing a button, a program will do that thing by calling into the API. Whatever that API looks like is completely determined by the people making it. REST is just a common standard of how to create an API that's generally easy to work with in online applications.
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For those of you new to this also understand that the word "interface" just means where two things meet. Some people think interface just means user interface. It can also be used in terms of database interface, network interface, software interface, urban wilderness interface, land sea interface etc. I've been looked at strangely by people who thought it only meant graphical user interface (GUI).
Thanks
ong thanks a lot, you clear my mind, so much thanks
It is actually a systems theory concept. Something that connects two different systems
@@carlosargelioarevalomercado It's much broader than that. That is one example of an interface.
@@pedrolopez8057 much broader than systems theory?
This is the best introduction to APIs I have ever seen that makes life easy for beginners.
As a gamer and one who has used addons for games, I’ve heard of APIs for almost 20 years. I be honest to say as much as I’ve heard of the thing, I knew they did a query to the server of the MMO games I played, I’ve never had any idea how they worked. Not clearly. This was a very good example with the video in clear explanation. This has also given me an idea for my job in industrial automation.
The video is explaining the concept of Web APIs, specifically, not APIs themselves. An API is just the collection of classes, methods and functions exposed by a programming library or framework. Web APIs is the same concept, but brought to the Internet. It's important to know the difference.
People using this video to learn are not at the level where that distinction makes a difference.
@@hastyscorpion All the more important to learn things right from the get go. They are learning a definition of API that's not 100% accurate, they will probably encounter the concept of an API (a real software API) at some point in their careers and get it wrong. Hopefully this won't cost anyone an opportunity in job interviews.
That's not true. There are different levels to learning. Starting from teaching a person 1 + 1 without necessarily teaching them immediately 6578 +-* 7655 doesn't mean 1 + 1 is wrong.
This is just an 11 minutes video. You don't expect them to touch all aspects of API. No person that wants to get serious knowledge about a topic would just watch an 11 minutes video and that's all. There's hours and hours of lectures they know they have to learn but they'll have to START from somewhere.
@@amaechiwilliams1345 I agree that anyone seeking to learn more about this will watch a lot more videos on it. And I do agree that this video is a good introduction to the topic of Web APIS, a good starting point. That being said, I don't think it was too difficult to explain that there is something called APIs and another thing called Web APIS. This is still a simple enough concept that can be explained in layman's terms without getting to deep into the details.
Very true....when I started my backend development learning journey, I found everywhere the same definition, "an API is the set of rules and protocols which enables the communication among different systems".
While this definition is theoretically correct but it doesn't tell the whole picture like what an entity it is and due to this I was just stuck, frustrated, and confused about a month. It was later when I got to know that the APIs are just the classes and methods exposed by a service or system to the users in a specific pre-defined rules and protocols. So basically they standardised the communications between the systems by providing a set of functions and classes to call the actual function classes or methods of the system/services.....As an extra layer of methods above the actual functions/methods.
Amazing explanation! Truly valuable, I can say I learnt so much from this channel about technology than what lecturers in schools have taught.
Great explanation. I would add: if you’re thinking about doing this as a business, we forewarned that big companies do ‘change the rules’ for their API access whenever they wish, including starting to charge large fees.
I now have a solid understanding of what APIs are, how they work and the benefits of using them
This video is about REST APIs. It is misleading to beginners as it will make them think that all APIs are REST/HTTP. The title should say "REST APIs."
THIS. Web devs especially influencers aren't very smart
what’s the difference?
"Babe wake up, new CertBros dropped"
This cracked me up 😂😂😂
This was damn funny reading the comments.
😆😆
Thanks for the quick short introduction
It was really so helpful
Important to note that this is just HTTP/Web APIs
APIs exist way out of the scope of web apps or Http
Channelling my inner John Tuld (Margin Call): "Please, speak as you might to a young child or a Golden Retriever. It wasn't brains that got me here, I can assure you that." You did, and now it's finally sunken in! Thank you 👍
Love this!! Really happy you liked it 😁
The best tutorial I have come across on API...thanks a lot for your great work !
Good educational video, this helped me understand exactly what API's do and how we can use them and your examples you use are spot on :) this will help when learning the basics for the CCNA! thanks for the video!
Glad this video helped. And good luck with the CCNA!
A voice made for radio! Thanks for the video.
I hav watched like 10 vids.. this is the BEST!! Tysm :) for uploading such a banger!
Thank you for creating this video. I've been hearing this "API" long ago but never understood it until today thanks for this video.
This is BY FAR the best API explanation on TH-cam. Thank you!
I love api and ur videos they just make the internet better
Your explanations are amazing. Nice pace, great animations & examples.
Wow this, I like how you broke down everything with examples. I was wondering what JSON format is and how I would have gone to look for another video to understand that but you broke everything down with examples. Lovely
I've heard the term "API" tossed around for years by people who love to use jargon. Your video finally explained what they are and why they are so common. Thank you, and well done!
Nice. Finally a high level detailed overview of API's explained in a way that someone who's not that familiar with API concepts will be able to grasp. Much appreciated.
Thank You for explaining in detail, slow and steady manner. It really helped me to understand the concept of API with actual practical example rather than reading definitions here and there.
If only I could give this video many likes :) Well explained, especially for a beginner
thank you very much when i saw the title of the video i was saying the exact same API's was giving me a hedace to understand thank you
thank you so much! i didnt understand APIs when told about them but your explanation was amazing
@certbros O passed CCNA today and i want to thank you for all the awesome videos you have.They sure helped me ...
Congratulations on getting your CCNA Jennifer!!! Happy to have helped. Keep up the great work.
Thank you, your explanation is awesome.
So an API call is a query and the parameters are like the filters right?
Great video. Well explained and direct to the point. Thanks.
The first 3 seconds proved this fella understands my pain
We've all thought it! 😂
The best video on API ever, I found.😄
Perfect explanation!!! Thank you.
The thumbnail was exactly the question i had in my head.
Hey, it is nice not to be scared of APIs anymore 😂. Great job 🎉
Great and very clear explanation! Thank you so much!!! 😊👍
Nice video, i understand APIs better now. Thank you
I almost feel bad to say this in s room full of "this is amazing!" or "the best API explanation on TH-cam", but I do take issue with the fact that you make it sound like API is a web thing. WebAPIs are one kind of API that is exposed over web protocols such as HTTP. Long before the web, developers were using all kinds of APIs, at different abstraction levels. Don't get me wrong; this is a good video; I just felt like a remark had to be made.
it is one of the best explanations ever.
I had no idea how much I needed this hahaha thanks new sun here
Spectacular as always
Thank you Tonio! Appreciate the kind words 🙏
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Bitch, where were you all this time. I am so glad that I stumbled upon your video. Thank you so much.
Awesome! The CRUD analogy, I've one other place earlier
This was the best explanation of API's I've seen so far. Thanks a lot!
*Server API. This isn't what an API is.
@@NathanHedglin how do they differ?
@@bruvhellnah To me and most people if you just say “API” it means a “Web API”. It’s a way by which you can send messages over the internet to an application and interact with it.
“API” in general means an interface to interact with applications using code (this interaction is not necessarily over the internet)
But either way, usually when most people say “API” it means “Web API”.
I like how the intro music is the hottest rap beat since 2007
Greatest API video I've ever seen!!!
Love it. Very explanatory.
I already knew what is API still i watched complete video because you are #$÷*@ing awesome
Thanks man! Really appreciate it. That's why you're awesome too ☝
Really Amazing Explanation..
Such explanations should replace those complicated ones of Coursera!
Looks like a great API tutorial, not that I would know, but I merely want to know how to make a front end to query data in Google Sheets, which I am trying to use as the data table for a "database" of my work materials.
Never mind, this was interesting.
Very nice description. Thank you :)
explanations are in a very clear way thank you for the tutorial:)
Well presented in simple and digestible format
Thank you for making videos, learned soooo much from this channel!
Really happy to hear that Justin! You're welcome and thank you for comment 👌
Thank you Much.... very useful
Really great channel, I learned a lot of things, thank you so much.
You're very welcome! Happy to help.
This is really entertaining 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you Attouchi!
FINALLY. I get it. Thank you!
Brilliant, keep up the great work
Was looking for a video to watch while eating my supper. Why now eat and learn
So cool! Best explanation I have seen and THANK YOU for speaking at a slow pace so that I can actually process and remember everything as you say it
Thanks! Very well explained imho.
*WEB SERVER API
There are native APIs, library APIs, etc. Not EVERYTHING is REST.
Great explanation, thanks a lot...
very digestible. well done
Very well explained to a noob like me up until the point where I asked myself: So how is the response received and do you need to run it through a service like postman or was that just for the display?
ty best explanation i have found
Best explanation!
Thank you Mohammad!
liked and subscribed. for a whole week, I've been searching for an explanation that could make me understand APIs. This was it!
API == operation. It's that simple. Too many so-called programming experts are more like marketer; inventing jargons. Sick.
very helpful!! thanks
One question, these are REST or Web API's. What is for Example with the Win32 API? This is an API to. What is the difference?
An API is just any interface provided by the developers of a piece of software that allows other parties to use it without having access to the source of that software itself.
REST and other Web API's often use a common standard for what this interface is supposed to look like, which is outlined in this video. In their case, using the API means sending a web request to the server that's running the software you want to use that has the API.
However, many APIs are not web-based. The Windows API provides functionality to allow programmers to create programs that run within windows, without having access to the source code of windows. For example, it provides the capability of creating buttons, windows, send files to the printer, start up a new process thread, etc. These are usually just methods within a library within a programming language, and don't have anything to do with web requests like a web api.
Basically, an API is just the concept of giving a specific set of access points to your application that can be used by another program instead of by the user itself.
It's basically the user interface for the programs themselves.
So where a human might want to do something with an app by pressing a button, a program will do that thing by calling into the API. Whatever that API looks like is completely determined by the people making it. REST is just a common standard of how to create an API that's generally easy to work with in online applications.
@@TijmenZwaan waw bro thanks
thank you, great video
Thank you 👍
thanks so much for this video...been wondering what an API is for a while now.
This is a SERVER API. API is any code talking to other code like a library, native API etc. Not everything is REST
Excellent video!
You are F**ing Good man...I always stay tuned to your channel awaiting your contents like a young man waiting for his favourite music to get played on his favourite FM station...I wish to meet you some day..you make my IT journey feel like biscuits.😂
Thank you so much Emmanuel 🙏 Really appreciate the kind words. Comments like these are why I keep making these videos. Good luck with your IT journey.
Thank you. Next API Security | Hacking training video👨💻
Thank you so much for this
You earned the subscribe on this one
Great information and nicely done👍
Thanks Orley! Really appreciate it 👍
Great video. Thanks!!!!!!!!!
I ❤ APIs. Every new API like is a box of goodies waiting to be unpacked. Learn to build with APIs and a glorious career in front of your computer awaits ...
Amazing explanation
Nice video again
Thank you so much sir 🙏
Thank a lot :) well explained
thanks. that was useful.
Good explanation, thx
Awesome video.
Thank you so much
You're welcome Usama! Glad you liked it.
Good stuff my man!
nice video explanation thanks
"British temperature reading". Could say it's every temperature reading outside the US lol
Fantastic tutorial
Best explanation!!!!
It is 55 Non-british degrees in my city today.
Fahrenheit or celsius?
@@Certbros yea
Thank you!