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ScrapingBee
scrapingbee.com › blog › api-for-dummies-learning-api
API for dummies: Start building your first API today | ScrapingBee
January 20, 2026 - In this API for dummies guide, we'll walk through what an API actually does, the different types you'll encounter, and how to build and test your very first one. An API (Application Programming Interface) is a way for two apps to talk and share data. It's like a waiter who takes your order, brings it to the kitchen, and returns with your food. Here's the shortest example ever that uses Python and Flask:
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GitHub
github.com › goochjs › dummy-api
GitHub - goochjs/dummy-api: Dummy API built with Python and Bottle
This script uses bottle to provide a simple API, which will react to GET, POST, PATCH and DELETE.
Author   goochjs
People also ask

Can I use APIs without coding?
Yes! Tools like Zapier, Make (Integromat), and Postman let you connect APIs visually without programming. It's a great way to understand how APIs exchange data before diving into code.
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scrapingbee.com
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API for dummies: Start building your first API today | ScrapingBee
What are the main types of APIs developers should be familiar with?
The most common are REST APIs (simple and HTTP-based), SOAP APIs (older and XML-heavy), GraphQL APIs (flexible data queries), and WebSocket APIs (for real-time updates). There are also database and hardware APIs for direct system communication.
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scrapingbee.com
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API for dummies: Start building your first API today | ScrapingBee
What exactly is an API and why is it important?
An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of rules that lets different software systems talk to each other. It allows apps, websites, and tools to share data and features seamlessly. Without APIs, most modern digital services couldn't exist.
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scrapingbee.com
scrapingbee.com › blog › api-for-dummies-learning-api
API for dummies: Start building your first API today | ScrapingBee
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Pandas
pandas.pydata.org › docs › reference › api › pandas.get_dummies.html
pandas.get_dummies — pandas 3.0.1 documentation
A string to be prepended to DataFrame column names. Pass a list with length equal to the number of columns when calling get_dummies on a DataFrame.
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dltHub
dlthub.com › all scaffoldings › dummy api
Load Dummy API data in Python using dltHub
November 24, 2025 - Place the code in dummy_api_pipeline.py and name the pipeline dummy_api_pipeline. If the file exists, use it as a starting point. Do not add or modify any other files. Use @dlt rest api as a tutorial.
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Mockoon
mockoon.com › tutorials › create-api-python-flask-mocking
Mockoon - Create your first API with Flask (or mock it using Mockoon!)
In this guide, you will learn how to create a basic REST API using Flask microframework for Python.
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PyPI
pypi.org › project › mock-server
mock-server · PyPI
Simple api documentation (markdown).
      » pip install mock-server
    
Published   Jul 25, 2018
Version   0.3.9
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Real Python
realpython.com › testing-third-party-apis-with-mocks
Understanding the Python Mock Object Library – Real Python
January 18, 2025 - $ python holidays.py Making a request to http://localhost/api/holidays. Request received!
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Python
docs.python.org › 3 › library › unittest.mock.html
unittest.mock — mock object library
The following is an example of using magic methods with the ordinary Mock class: >>> mock = Mock() >>> mock.__str__ = Mock(return_value='wheeeeee') >>> str(mock) 'wheeeeee' For ensuring that the mock objects in your tests have the same api as ...
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Playwright
playwright.dev › mock apis
Mock APIs | Playwright Python
In that case, instead of mocking the request, one can perform the request and fulfill it with the modified response. In the example below we intercept the call to the fruit API and add a new fruit called 'Loquat', to the data.
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GitHub
github.com › BrickBeard › dummyAPI
GitHub - BrickBeard/dummyAPI: Practice application to consume and manipulate a dummy API. Currently deployed to Heroku for access.
dummyAPI is a test app project to practice consuming and manipulating a public example API: Dummy API Example. Search and Sort views for the example employee database · Authentication system (Register, Log-In, Variable Views) CRUD operations ...
Author   BrickBeard
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Apify
blog.apify.com › api-for-dummies
APIs for dummies
December 17, 2025 - The Apify client for Python is the official library to access the Apify REST API from your Python applications. It provides useful features like automatic retries and convenience functions that improve the experience of using the Apify API. All requests and responses (including errors) are encoded in JSON format with UTF-8 encoding.
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Auth0
auth0.com › blog › mocking-api-calls-in-python
Mocking API calls in Python | Auth0
The requests library simplifies HTTP calls in Python. For this tutorial, we will be communicating with a fake API on JSONPlaceholder.
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Medium
medium.com › hackernoon › 3-new-ways-to-mock-out-apis-in-python-c12510c30d79
3 new ways to mock out APIs in Python | by Anthony Shaw | HackerNoon.com | Medium
July 14, 2017 - Consider this scenario, you want to test a class that you developed, which · In it’s simplest form, you can use a context manager to inject a static asset adapter into your requests session.
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GitHub
github.com › topics › dummy-api
dummy-api · GitHub Topics · GitHub
Fake Blender 2.79 Python API for code completion, including BGE · autocomplete blender completion bge upbge dummy-api mathutils bpy fake-api · Updated · Oct 28, 2022 · Python · Star 8 · stubon is simple dummy api server. stub-api dummy-api · Updated · Sep 27, 2023 ·
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Miguendes
miguendes.me › 3-ways-to-test-api-client-applications-in-python
3 Ways to Unit Test REST APIs in Python
September 19, 2020 - For example, we can encapsulate the details about requests in our find_weather_for and expose it via a function that takes only the URL. So, this... def find_weather_for(city: str) -> dict: """Queries the weather API and returns the weather ...
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GeeksforGeeks
geeksforgeeks.org › python › mocking-external-apis-in-python
Mocking external APIs in Python - GeeksforGeeks
July 23, 2025 - The mock function acts the way ... example the `get_data` function is said to return a successful response when the response status code is 200 and the response data is non-empty data which is a mock data returned using mock_get_data.return_value.json.return_value. ... # mocking a external api in python import requests import json import unittest from unittest.mock import patch, Mock # get_data() is a function that makes a request to an # external api and returns the data in json format def get_data(): response = requests.get('https...
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Medium
medium.com › @sjalexandre › python-tutorial-api-requests-and-responses-9fc553b0ac4
Python Tutorial — Working with APIs | Medium
August 13, 2023 - To make API requests in Python, you can use the requests library. Here's an example that fetches a list of example blog posts from the dummyJSON API:
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Medium
medium.com › anitab-org-open-source › my-week-3-gsoc20-journey-with-anitab-org-dce2c4a7e855
Mocking API calls using Python unittests.mock | by Maya Treacy | AnitaB.org Open Source | Medium
July 15, 2020 - Noticed from the code examples shown above, I used the Mock objects for the response and error but used the MagicMock object for the method that to call the api itself (requests.post) through the patch decorator.
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Stoplight
blog.stoplight.io › home › how to build a python rest api server for quick mocking
How to Build a Python REST API Server for Quick Mocking | Stoplight
November 10, 2023 - Most REST APIs use resource endpoints and HTTP methods to help communicate actions. In this first example, let’s create a /companies endpoint and perform a simple GET request to retrieve a list of companies. There are many ways you can stub out your APIs in Python.
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Anderfernandez
anderfernandez.com › en › blog › how-to-create-api-python
How to create an API in Python - Ander Fernández
To create an API in Python with Flask, we have to indicate: the endpoint, the method and the function that should be executed on that endpoint. Let’s see an example with an API that simply returns the text “Hello world!”.