# craigsdennis/intro-to-apis-course

Introduction to APIs course

Repository: https://github.com/craigsdennis/intro-to-apis-course
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/intro-to-apis-course
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: video, free, tutorial, tutorial-code, apis, api, freecodecamp, twilio
Last push: 2024-01-17T04:36:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2493, "days_push": 959, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2175, forks 873 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:22.157531+00:00)

## What it is
A free video-based introductory course on APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) by Craig Dennis, published with freeCodeCamp and Twilio. The repository contains course notes and starter code for building a sample 'Complimentr' web API in Python (Flask) and JavaScript (Node).

## Use cases
- learn what an API is from scratch
- understand how to build a simple web API
- find a free beginner-friendly API course with video
- get starter code for a Flask API project
- get starter code for a Node.js API project
- learn API concepts for free

## When to choose
- you want a free, video-based introduction to APIs
- you are a complete beginner to web APIs
- you want hands-on starter code in Python or JavaScript

## When to avoid
- you want up-to-date course material - this version is deprecated in favor of the 2023 version
- you need an advanced or production-focused API course
- you need a maintained software tool rather than learning material

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools
- domain: apis, education, web-development, tutorials
- platform: python
- tags: tutorial, course, apis, freecodecamp, twilio, deprecated, video-course, nodejs

## Member repositories
- craigsdennis/intro-to-apis-course (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.157531+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:48:55.490073+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/craigsdennis/intro-to-apis-course (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.157531+00:00, sha 29db771486c2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.