CategoryRest API

September 10, 2020 — Choosing what CMS to use in your next development project is a critical decision for any business, large or small. In this guide, Jonathan Kelley is going to run through the potential of Craft CMS, setting up a local environment and creating a basic cat blog with an API endpoint to accompany it. It’s a perfect jumping off point for anyone looking to expand from their current CMS system, or make the leap from Wordpress. Read more…

June 10, 2020 — So far, we have seen how we can create records with Mirage, intercept API requests via route handlers and, last but not least, how the shape of the data returned to us from Mirage is affected. In this third part of Mirage JS Deep Dive series, Kelvin Omereshone will be focusing on using response, timing and passthrough in Mirage for a better handle on simulating an actual backend server. However, before you begin reading this article, please read the introduction to MirageJS first as well as Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Read more…

June 3, 2020 — If you’re a React developer who’d like to learn how you can start consuming APIs in your React applications, then this article is for you. Consuming REST APIs in a React Application can be done in various ways, but in this tutorial, Shedrack Akintayo will be discussing how we can consume REST APIs using two of the most popular methods known as Axios and Fetch API. You will learn what a REST API is and how to build a simple application that consumes a REST API by using both Fetch API and Axios. Read more…

May 29, 2020 — Factories are a faster way to create new database records., A fixture is a state of a set or collection of objects that serve as a baseline for running tests, and a serializer is responsible for transforming the response. In this second part of the Mirage JS Deep Dive series, Kelvin Omereshone will be looking at Mirage JS’ Factories, Fixtures, and Serializers. You’ll see how they enable rapid API mocking using Mirage. Read more…

January 29, 2019 — API-based solutions are becoming a critical building block of modern digital products. What are they? How can they impact your design process? Finally, how to evaluate them without bothering your software team? The growing amount of data and the need for speed in building products pushed APIs to become the lingua franca of digital teams. To design systems based on API-first systems, make sure you understand the vendors’ offerings. Today, Michał Sędzielewski brings you this hands-on testing guide which is a good starting point in doing so. It will help you explore the API capabilities even before you throw it to your teaching team, saving their energy — and yours as well. Read more…

January 17, 2018 — Everything you need to know about REST APIs, from start to finish. How and why to use REST APIs, how to deal with headers, error messages and API versions. In this article, Zell Liew will show you everything you need to know about REST APIs to be able to read API documentations and use them effectively. In addition, you will also learn how to authenticate your requests with the -u option, and what HTTP statuses mean. Let’s get started! Read more…