IntegrationsModule 05
API
A service desk. Your app hands over a written request and gets a written answer back, never entering the other building.
Interactive demo
Request and response visualizer
A service that returns live weather for any city. Your app sends a city name, the service returns temperature and conditions.
Request leaving your server
GET https://api.example-weather.com/v1/now
Authorization: Bearer ****************
Content-Type: application/json
{
"city": "London"
}Response coming back
Nothing yet. Send a request to see the answer.
These responses are mocked in your browser. The shape is exactly what a real service returns.
What makes this work
01
Endpoint
Where you are asking
02
Payload
What you are asking for
03
Key
Proof you are allowed to ask
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