APIs from Scratch: Designing, Building, and Consuming Web APIs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798292571759)

Build the Backbone of Modern Software - One Endpoint at a Time.

APIs from Scratch is your complete guide to understanding, designing, building, and using web APIs - the essential communication layer powering modern applications, mobile apps, and cloud services.

Whether you're new to backend development or seeking to strengthen your architecture and integration skills, this book walks you through the fundamentals of REST, HTTP methods, JSON, authentication, versioning, and more. You'll build your own API step-by-step using Node.js, Express, Python (Flask or FastAPI), or other frameworks, and learn how to consume APIs using tools like Postman, Fetch API, or Axios.