API courses can help you learn how to design, build, and test application programming interfaces, as well as understand RESTful services and authentication methods. You can build skills in data exchange formats like JSON and XML, error handling, and API documentation practices. Many courses introduce tools such as Postman for testing APIs, Swagger for documentation, and various programming languages like Python or JavaScript to implement API calls, allowing you to effectively integrate and manage data across different systems.

Skills you'll gain: Back-End Web Development, Full-Stack Web Development, Server Side, Restful API, JavaScript Frameworks, Web Development, Web Frameworks, Frontend Integration, Web Applications, Web Servers, Javascript, Servers
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Maintainability, Code Review, Code Reusability, Test Driven Development (TDD), API Testing, LLM Application, API Design, Microsoft Visual Studio, Software Engineering, Engineering Software, Software Technical Review, Test Script Development, Integrated Development Environments, Unit Testing, Microservices, Peer Review, Quality Assessment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Identity and Access Management, CI/CD, Cloud Development, Cloud Applications, Continuous Integration, Cloud Hosting, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Continuous Deployment, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Continuous Delivery, Cloud Services, Authentications, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Solutions, User Provisioning, AWS Kinesis, Application Deployment, Cloud Deployment, Command-Line Interface
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Code Review, Web Presence, Software Documentation
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Whizlabs
Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Virtual Networking, Application Programming Interface (API), Load Balancing, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Architecture, Network Infrastructure, Network Routing, Cloud Deployment, Scalability, Frontend Performance, Capacity Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Authentications, API Design, Salesforce, Salesforce Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Systems Integration, Software Documentation, Postman API Platform, Restful API, Test Tools, No-Code Development, Cloud-Based Integration, Data Integration, API Testing, Authorization (Computing)
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Cloud Deployment, Software Development Methodologies, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), CI/CD, Application Deployment, DevOps, Development Environment, Continuous Integration, Ansible, TCP/IP, Docker (Software), OSI Models, General Networking, Networking Hardware, Computing Platforms, Application Programming Interface (API), Version Control, IT Automation, Software Design Patterns, JSON
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Browser Compatibility, Performance Testing, Security Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, API Testing, Software Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Performance Stress Testing, Acceptance Testing, Test Tools, Application Security, Test Automation, Responsive Web Design, Web Applications, Docker (Software), User Interface (UI), Python Programming
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Java Programming, Information Management, Application Programming Interface (API), Software Design Patterns
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: PHP (Scripting Language), MySQL, WordPress, Web Applications, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development, Content Management Systems, Linux Commands, DevOps, Linux, Web Design and Development, Devops Tools, Frontend Integration, Full-Stack Web Development, Data Store, Command-Line Interface, Back-End Web Development, Database Development, Server Side, Scripting
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI, Generative AI Agents, AI Integrations, Document Management, LLM Application, Agentic Workflows, AI Workflows, Application Programming Interface (API), Agentic systems, System Configuration, Configuration Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Pearson
Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Cloud Applications, Amazon S3, Cloud Development, Serverless Computing, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon DynamoDB, Application Development, Data Store, Application Design, Software Development Tools, Database Application, API Gateway, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Services, Application Deployment, Web Services, Cloud-Based Integration, Event-Driven Programming, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks