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API Terms
- Key - an authorization key to let the API know this request is allowed
- Token - an authentication key to let the API know that you are requesting information
API Rate Limits
API Security
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In the teacher's notes below you
can find a link to this website.
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Like, many APIs in order to send
a request, we have to create an account.
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This is so they can give us
a special key called an API key.
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That lets the API know the requests
that we're going to make are authorized.
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And the API can also track the number of
requests that you're making to make sure
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you're not abusing their service.
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Most APIs have a rate limit.
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Let's find out what our limit is.
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A lot of this information can be found on
the pricing page or in the documentation.
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