The Complete Vue.js Course for Beginners - API

This lecture introduces the concept of APIs, explaining their role as interfaces between programming languages for data sharing. It discusses why APIs are necessary, particularly for JavaScript to connect to databases, and how they are integrated using languages like PHP and Python. The lecture highlights the benefits of APIs, such as cross-platform data consistency, and demonstrates testing APIs with Postman. It concludes with an explanation of POST APIs for data transmission.

How can you test an API and what tool is commonly used for this purpose?

What does a 200 status code indicate when testing an API?