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Rachel Tobin CIT 281 - Web APIs using JSON data

281 Project 2 Learning Outcomes

  1. A web API or Application Programming Interface is an API accessed using the HTTP protocol.
  2. Web APIs often deliver data formatted as JSON.
  3. A web API can be accessed programmatically using JavaScript.
  4. The API documentation must first be consulted in order to understand how the API works and what it returns.
  5. Some web APIs are public, and others require an access key. Flickr offers several public APIs.