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Interacting with APIs in Swift

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4 courses

72 practices

5 hours

Transform your Swift applications by connecting them to the world! This learning path equips you with essential skills for API integration—from crafting HTTP requests to implementing secure authentication and building robust test suites.

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Working with APIs

Tools you'll use

curl

JWT

Swift

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Course 1

Basics of HTTP Requests with Swift

5 lessons

19 practices

In this course, you will learn how to interact with APIs using Swift. By the end of this course, you’ll understand how to make GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE requests to an API, interpret API responses, and perform basic operations like creating, reading, updating, and deleting resources.

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Course 2

Efficient API Interactions with Swift

4 lessons

16 practices

In this course, you will learn how to handle common scenarios when working with APIs in Swift. You’ll explore how to manage errors effectively, work with file uploads and downloads, handle paginated API responses, and use headers effectively. By the end of this course, you’ll have a deeper understanding of practical API techniques.

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Course 3

API Authentication Methods with Swift

4 lessons

18 practices

In this course, you will learn how to work with various API authentication methods using Swift. You’ll explore the basics of API Key authentication, manage sessions using cookies, and interact with APIs using JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). By the end of this course, you’ll be able to access and interact with protected APIs securely.

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Course 4

Automating API Tests with Swift

4 lessons

19 practices

Automate API tests using XCTest, Swift’s native testing framework, to test your API interactions, assert outcomes, setup and teardown environments, and ensure API reliability.

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