API Workshop - Hack Week 2015

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Workshop Outline

Introduction

• What's an API?
• What are Web APIs and RESTful APIs?
• Overview of HTTP methods

Tools to Working with Web APIs

• Introduction to cURL
• Looking at documentation
• Other tools (i.e. Postman)

Spotify Web API Intro Activities

1. Take a look at the Spotify Web API docs.
2. Using cURL or Spotify's API console, try answering the following questions:
   1. Which artists are identified by the following Artist IDs:
      1. 3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2
      2. 0EmeFodog0BfCgMzAIvKQp
      3. 6vWDO969PvNqNYHIOW5v0m
   2. What is the artist ID of Lianne La Havas?
   3. Using the API, retrieve an image of your favorite artist.

Spotify Web App Explanation and Challenges