APIs Explained: Why Every Data Engineer Needs to Know This
Curious about APIs? In this video, we'll finally explain simply what an API is, how it works, and its history. Perfect for data engineers and anyone interested in technology!
APIs are used by applications as well as in Data Engineering today. Knowing what APIs are and how they work will help you in your data engineer path to become a Data Master. Whether you are writing python scripts or using an orchestration tool, you will come across APIs in your career, and you don't want to be caught wondering what they are!
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Defining API
00:36 History of an API, the Year 2000
01:37 How APIs work (With Diagram)
03:35 Recap / Closing