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Building APIs with Python Fast Track (PY201FT)

Price: $2,195.00
Duration: 3 days
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This course provides a comprehensive guide to building and interacting with APIs using Python, equipping participants with the skills needed to create, manage, and deploy RESTful APIs effectively. The curriculum focuses on modern frameworks, secure design principles, and the full lifecycle of API deployment. Labs on core Python fundamentals are included for those who need it, and advanced topics are included for those who don't.

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Course Outline and Details

  • Recommended Prerequisite: Python Basics
  • Coding experience in another language serves as an adequate prerequisite
  • Backend Developers
  • Software Engineers
  • Full-Stack Developers
  • Data Scientists/Analysts
  • DevOps Engineers/Automation Specialists
  • Technical Leads or Product Managers
  • Apply foundational Python concepts directly to API development.
  • Design and build secure, database-backed APIs using modern Python frameworks.
  • Implement user authentication and protect API routes.
  • Containerize applications for consistent, repeatable deployments.
  • Integrate API development into an automated CI/CD workflow.

Python Fundamentals for APIs

  • Practical Application of Lists
  • Lists
  • Practical Application of Dict
  • Dictionaries
  • List and Dict Modeling
  • Your First API Request
  • Control Flow and Functions (NEW-LECTURE)
  • Modules, Libraries, and Exception Handling

Consuming APIs

  • Python Data sets vs JSON
  • Python Data to JSON file
  • requests library – RESTful GET and JSON parsing
  • requests library – Open APIs
  • requests library – GET vs POST to REST APIs
  • Secure API Requests with the requests library

Building RESTful APIs

  • Intro to Flask
  • Building APIs with Python
  • Learning sqlite3
  • Tracking API Data with sqlite3
  • Tracking Inventory with sqlite3

Securing and Managing APIs

  • APIs and Dev Keys
  • RESTful APIs and Dev Keys
  • Flask Sessions
  • Flask Uploading and Downloading Files
  • Securing Your API

Production Readiness

  1. Running Flask in a Docker Container
  2. Flask and waitress
  3. Automating Deployment with CI/CD

Advanced and Optional Topics

  • Introduction to FastAPI
  • Asynchronous API Requests with asyncio
  • Using Swagger for API Documentation
  • Using Jinja2 for Dynamic Content

Course Delivery Options

Train face-to-face with the live instructor. (Please note, not all classes will have this option)
Attend the live class from the comfort of your home or office.
Join us in person at our Denver or Reston training facilities! Learn alongside a live, remote instructor in our HD-equipped classrooms. We love having students on-site! An SLI sales rep can confirm availability and reserve your seat.
Access to on-demand training content anytime, anywhere. (Please note, not all classes will have this option)