Build real-life apps with APIs.

Want to write apps and build websites that can text your phone, pull in YouTube videos, or connect to Facebook and Twitter?

Start doing all this and more with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

You could learn how to...

Search for top videos on YouTube

  • JavaScript

Start accessing Twitter data from users, Tweets, and timelines

  • Ruby

Store and share your content in the cloud

  • Ruby

Remember everything, communicate effectively, and get things done

  • Ruby

Save, open, share, and search files on SkyDrive in your web app

  • JavaScript

Get access to the awesome products on gilt.com

  • JavaScript

Search for tracks and upload your own with SoundCloud

  • JavaScript

Build apps faster with Parse

  • JavaScript

Send text messages and make phone calls with Twilio

  • Ruby

Send and manage emails with SendGrid

  • Ruby

Get full text, audio, and photos from NPR's stories

  • Python

Analyze U.S. government transcripts with Sunlight Foundation

  • Python

Shorten and share links with Bitly

  • Python

Get placeholder kittens with Placekitten

  • Python

Learn how to accept payments through your code

  • Ruby
  • Python
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Build a health dashboard with 23andMe's Genome API

  • Ruby

Build a food ordering app with Ordr.in

  • Ruby

Store data in the cloud and notify users of changes in real-time

  • JavaScript

Get started with OAuth2 with GitHub as your guide

  • Ruby

Send emails from your app quickly and easily

  • JavaScript

Send money to anyone on the Internet

  • Python

Buy postage via API

  • Ruby

Mash up multiple APIs with Mashape

  • Ruby

Explore car safety data with the NHTSA API

  • Python

Use Apigee's API to store your app data in the cloud

  • JavaScript

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