Using the GitHub API with PHP
Treehouse
Course Summary
Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, provide a method for connecting your site to a “third-party” web service. We'll use the GitHub API to explore how RESTful APIs allow us to retrieve and update information residing on an external system.
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Course Description
About this Course Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, provide a method for connecting your site to a “third-party” web service. We'll use the GitHub API to explore how RESTful APIs allow us to retrieve and update information residing on an external system. What you'll learn
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Authentication
- OAuth
- cURL
- JSON
About the Teacher
When not at her computer, Alena enjoys exploring Portland with her friends and family, including her 3 young children. She also enjoys the Symphony, Cooking, Books, Yarn and Yoga.
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Course Syllabus
Communicating with a RESTful API
An Application Programming Interface (API) provides a method for accessing 3rd party content directly, allowing you to integrate that content into your own application. cURL is a tool that allows you to communicate with external services before ever sending any information through a browser. 5 steps- Introducing APIs and the Project 1:51
- Making a RESTful Request 4:52
- RESTful APIs 5 questions
- Communication with cURL 5:39
- Using cURL 1 objective
Creating a GitHub Client
Using the GitHub API Easy Access wrapper library, we'll create a GitHub Client application. Using OAuth tokens, we allow a user to authorize their GitHub account for sharing repository and user information with our application. Using this authorization, we will allow users to search, watch, and un-watch repositories. 9 steps
This course is listed under
Open Source
, Development & Implementations
, Networks & IT Infrastructure
, IT Security & Architecture
, Digital Media & Games
, Project & Service Management
and E-Commerce
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