Hej!

I hope you discovered and learned new things during the workshop!

Resources:
hackforsweden.se
Klick "participate"/"delta" in the menu and then data.
apikatalogen.se
trafiklab.se
https://github.com/46elks/46elks-getting-started/tree/master/code-examples - Code examples, you can communicate with apis in many different programming languages
getpostman.com

Terminology:
URL - the address to the system you're talking to, just like addresses to a website.
Example: website: https://www.46elks.com, address to the api: https://api.46elks.com

basic auth
Authenticating yourself when sending a request. 
Example: https://username:password@api.46elks.com/a1/SMS

GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
Indicates what type of a request you're making
GET - ask for data.
POST - enter new data
PUT - update data
DELETE - remove data

If the api is a REST-ful api, you can expect it to work something like this:
POST api.someservice.com/member - creates a new member. (You need to send in data of course (parameters))
-- The service will likely reply with an ID, for example "13".
GET api.someservice.com/member/13 - asks for details about that member.
GET api.someservice.com/member - will likely show you a list of all members
PUT api.someservice.com/member/13 - send in data (parameters) to update member nr 13.
DELETE api.someservice.com/member/13 - remove member 13 from database.

Status codes
Indicates how your request went. 
200 - all is well!
404 - couldn't find it!
For more examples: https://http.cat/
40x - you're making a request in an unexpected way
50x - the system is not behaving as it should.

GL HF with your projects!  :]

Regards,
Victoria - 46elks