About this episode

This is a session for beginners. Each Mapbox API provides a specific function and returns different data. We'll compare APIs side-by-side, do some pattern recognition, and learn how to make a well constructed API request. This session will cover requests, responses, and errors for APIs across maps, navigation, and search services.

You’ll learn how to...

• Understand what APIs are, and why developers use them
• Formulate and send an API request to a server
• Understand code examples using APIs
• Look “under the hood” of a more complex Mapbox API

Tools we’ll use:

• Your free Mapbox account: account.mapbox.com
• Web browser (such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox)
• Mapbox documentation: docs.mapbox.com
• Code editor (such as Atom, SublimeText, Codepen)

Code-along resources

1. Follow along with this doc.