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Joined January 2016
Today, we are thrilled to share that Rapid is now officially a part of Nokia. This means that starting now, our customers will begin to see the benefits of the power of our technologies and teams coming together to solve many of your most complex challenges.
Nokia
@nokia
13 Nov 2024
Today we announce Nokia has acquired @Rapid_API technology and R&D unit, including the world’s largest API hub used by thousands of developers globally, to accelerate development of network API solutions and ecosystem. Read more here: nokia.ly/4fgjoDn #networkAPI
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Let's learn about some basic server types.
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A summary of the different API types 👇
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REST API development tips 👇 { 1 / 6 }
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This is how CORS works 👇🏻
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How to write excellent API documentation👇🏼 { 1 / 6 }
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Find out how API responses are cached👇 { 1 / 6 }
RapidAPI Comic: How API requests are cached.

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A guide to the DNS system hierarchy👇
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Introduction to APIs ⛓️ Let’s see what is an API and how APIs can make your life as a Developer easier. 🧵👇🏻
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Read this RapidAPI Comic to learn about SSL/TLS!👇🏼 { 1 / 6 }
RapidAPI Comic: What is SSL/TLS?

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20 API-related terms every web developer should be aware of 🧵:
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API Design best practices. A thread:
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This week’s RapidAPI Comic: The Anatomy of HTTP Requests. { 1 / 7 }
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Read about JSON and XML in this week's RapidAPI Comic. { 1 / 6 }
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What makes an API a REST API? A thread 🧵
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CORS explained
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Let's break down the process of building a REST API from scratch using Node.js and Express. Thread 🧵👇🏻
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Difference between API Authentication and API Authorization. Thread 🧵👇🏻
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What is an API? Thread 🧵👇 { 1 / 5 }
What is an API?

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Ten API-based project ideas for web developers 👇🏻 1. QR code generator 🔲 2. Weather app 🌦️ 3. Translation app 🔤 4. Chatbot 🤖 5. Geolocation app 🌍 6. Messaging app 📭 7. Sentiment analysis 🔠 8. COVID tracker 🦠 9. URL shortener 🔗 10. Music player 🎵
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What is HTTP exactly? Find out in this week's RapidAPI Comic. { 1 / 6 }
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Do you know the difference between REST and GraphQL? Find out in this week's RapidAPI Comic! { 1 / 6 }
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Build a REST API in four simple steps. Thread:
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What's the difference between the HTTP methods PUT and PATCH? A thread 👇 { 1 / 5 }
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Types of APIs in terms of architecture - REST API - GraphQL - SOAP API - Kafka API - Async API Thread 🧵👇
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API security best practices Thread 🧵👇
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What is the difference between an API and a Microservice? A thread:
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What exactly is the CRUD model? A thread 👇 { 1 / 6 }
RapidAPI Comic: What is the CRUD Model?

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There are 9 HTTP request methods: 🔹 GET 🔹 PUT 🔹 POST 🔹 HEAD 🔹 TRACE 🔹 PATCH 🔹 DELETE 🔹 OPTIONS 🔹 CONNECT Let's talk about them in a bit more detail 🧵👇🏻
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Five visuals that will change the way you learn API development. Thread 🧵 1. How DNS Works
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API Security Risks to be aware of 👇🏼 { 1 / 6 }
API Security Risks - RapidAPI Comic cover

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Top ten Machine Learning APIs. Thread 🧵👇🏻
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API Authentication methods explained Thread: 👇🏻
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CORS: What is it? Let's fully understand it using the following image.
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How to improve API performance👇🏼 { 1 / 6 }
RapidAPI Comic: Improving API Performance.

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There are 9 HTTP request methods: - GET - PUT - POST - HEAD - TRACE - PATCH - DELETE - OPTIONS - CONNECT Let's talk about them in a bit more detail 🧵👇🏻
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How to write excellent API documentation. A thread:
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25 API-related terms every web developer should be aware of 🧵:
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Five free SMS APIs for your next project. Thread 🧵
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What exactly is an API Key? Thread 🧵👇🏻
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What is cURL?
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How do Webhooks work?👇
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Giveaway 🚨 We'll soon hit 25,000 Dev Followers. 🚀 How about a RapidAPI SWAG giveaway? Developers love them swag (T-Shirt, stickers, plush🐙octupous, diary/pen, or 2 x $100 for your Amazon wish list). DO THIS ↓ 1️⃣ Follow us @Rapid_API 🐙 2️⃣ Like this tweet ❤ 3️⃣ Retweet 🔁
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We have compiled over 50 excellent APIs for you, which you can use in your future projects. 🧵👇🏻
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What exactly is an API? Thread 🧵👇🏻
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Four possible ways to make an API call in JavaScript. A Thread 🧵👇🏻
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How does JSON web token (JWT) authentication work? Thread 🧵👇🏻
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JSON vs. XML. Let's learn about it in this week's Rapid API Comic. Thread 🧵👇
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Types of REST API authentications Thread 🧵👇
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Learn about CORS in this week's RapidAPI Comic 👇 { 1 / 5 }
RapidAPI Comic: An introduction to CORS

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This week’s RapidAPI Comic is all about how DNS works!👇🏼 { 1 / 9 }
RapidAPI Comic How DNS works cover.

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Do you know about REST APIs? Take a look at this RapidAPI Comic. Thread 🧵👇🏻 { 1 / 7 }
What is a RESTful API.

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All possible ways to make an API call in JavaScript. Thread 👇🏻
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Ten API-based project ideas for web developers 👇🏻 1. Chatbot 🤖 2. Travel app ✈️ 3. Movies app 📺J 4. Spell Checker 🧪 5. Email Validator ✉️ 6. Jokes generator 😁 7. Food Recipe app 🍱 8. Crypto News app 💲 9. Text Extraction app ✍🏻 10. Visual Recognition app 👀
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Different types of API.
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Read this RapidAPI Comic to learn about webhooks! { 1 / 5 }
An introduction to webhooks RapidAPI comic cover.

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What is an API?
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What exactly is CORS, and how does it work? Thread 🧵
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How to improve API performance? { 1 / 6 }
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10 HTTP Headers every API developer should be aware of: Thread 🧵
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What exactly is CORS. Thread 🧵👇🏻
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This VS Code extension will change the way you do web development. Thread 🧵
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Have some difficulties understanding what an API is? Take a look at this RapidAPI Comic. 🧵👇🏻 { 1 / 6 }
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Types of APIs
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Do you know what HTTP Cookies are and what they do? Find out in this RapidAPI Comic. Thread 🧵👇🏻 { 1 / 5 }
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API. What is it? - What is an API - Usage of APIs - Types of APIs - Benefits of APIs Thread 🧵👇
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Top 10 Artificial Intelligence APIs. Thread 🧵👇🏻
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Five free SMS APIs for your next project. Thread 🧵
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HTTP status codes are pretty confusing sometimes. 🔹 Informational (100–199) 🔹 Successful (200–299) 🔹 Redirects (300–399) 🔹 Client errors (400–499) 🔹 Server errors (500–599) Let's talk about them in a bit more detail 🧵 👇🏻
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What's the difference between a Microservice and an API exactly? Read this RapidAPI Comic to find out! { 1 / 5 }
Microservices vs APIs RapidAPI Comic cover.

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10 HTTP status codes all developers should recognize. Thread🧵
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Top ten Finance APIs you can use in your next project. A Thread 🧵👇🏻
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Learn the difference between synchronous and asynchronous programming in this week’s RapidAPI Comic! { 1 / 5 }
Synchronous vs Asynchronous programming RapidAPI Comic cover, with the RapidAPI Octopus looking up in the corner.

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Learn API design best practices in this RapidAPI Comic. { 1 / 7 }
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How does JSON web token (JWT) authentication work? Thread 🧵👇🏻
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Anatomy of an API endpoint. Thread 🧵👇🏻
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API Authentication methods Thread 🧵👇
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All resources you need to learn API development. Thread 🧵
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Top 12 Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence APIs:
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Ten API-based project ideas for web developers in 2022 👇🏻 1. Sentiment analysis 🔠 2. QR code generator 🔲 3. Geolocation app 🌍 4. Translation app 🔤 5. Messaging app 📩 6. URL shortener 🖇 7. COVID tracker 🦠 8. Music player 🎶 9. Weather app 🌦 10. Chatbot 🤖
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This week’s RapidAPI Comic is all about API endpoints. { 1 / 6 }
RapidAPI Comic cover: How API endpoints work.

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What exactly is a JSON Web Token. Thread 🧵
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Widely used HTTP Methods RapidAPI Comic cover.

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Difference between JSON and XML and when to use which one. Thread 🧵
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What is API and how does it work? Thread:
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Most of the REST APIs we use are not actually REST APIs. They are REST-Like. A thread on what makes your API purely REST. 🧵
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An introduction to GraphQL

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API endpoint naming best practices. Thread 🧵👇
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HTTP Request and Response Anatomy.
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What exactly is API rate limiting? A thread 👇 { 1 / 6 }
Rapid Comic: API Rate Limiting

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Make an API call in Python using three lines of code.
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What exactly is an API Key? Thread 🧵👇🏻
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Do you know about Cookie Authentication? Find out in this RapidAPI Comic. Thread 🧵 { 1 / 5 }
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Everything you need to know about REST APIs, including REST API constraints.

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The structure of the JSON Web Token (JWT) Thread 🧵👇
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