The ULTIMATE introduction to APIs in Bubble.io for beginners

This is a long but in-depth look at APIs aimed at Bubble beginners. I'll cover the basics of what an API actually is, before looking at how to read API documentation, and then how to use the Bubble API connector to integrate the Unsplash free stock photography API with a Bubble app.
I apologise for the length of the video but for some topics I just think it's worth covering them properly, and APIs is one of them.
Most of the content of this tutorial was taken from my Zero To Pro Bubble course, if you'd like more information check out zerotoprocourse.com.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:39 The basics of APIs
00:07:57 An overview of using APIs in Bubble
00:12:10 What are API endpoints?
00:17:50 API authentication basics
00:21:27 Reading and understanding API documentation
00:35:40 Creating an account on Unsplash
00:37:00 Using the API connector plugin in Bubble
00:58:51 Accessing data from the API in the app's front end
01:10:50 Adding another API endpoint and using it as an action
01:17:00 Conclusion

[@brandonmccrae5472]

Man this is awesome! I really needed this.

[@chitdigital7057]

Thank you so much. Such a well put together video. I've been anxious about this topic but you helped me with it. I'm a subscriber now.

[@Sam-vz7pf]

Thanks Very Brief and Informative Tutorial.

[@1JOTT]

Great video… the first 20minutes are super clear.

[@choongching]

I went through these in the full course. Very detailed. Thanks again

[@dinorossi6611]

Who offers the course?

[@peter_0093]

Thank you 😊

[@vVthinkhardVv]

Awesome! Q: Trying to understand why at the end, when we click a photo we make changes to the user? Shouldn’t it just be a download button? Didn’t fully grasp that part.

[@nocodelife]

No real reason, I just needed to show that you can save it somewhere so I did it on the current user, which you might do for example if they were choosing a header image for their profile page. Generally I wouldn't do this though as I try to keep my user object as lightweight as possible.

[@krazythings7576]

I would have wished to have less surface level explanation on APIs and more detailed information about how to use and format API data etc. How to structure them etc.

[@ki001]

Brilliant tut… ❤ it

[@ki001]

Can you do a tut on using Leonardo AI? Thank You!