Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

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On Feb 21, 2014 3:15 PM, "ApathyBear" <nirchernia@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, I think I have an understanding of what they are, but now am
still a little confused on how one goes about using it: how am I supposed
to know how to use an API in python? or in any other language for that
matter? If an API is defining rules in C, is all hope lost for trying to
use it in python?
>
> Examples??

Google to find some sport that interest you. Read the docs and tutorial

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New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides? ApathyBear <nirchernia@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 23:59 -0800
  Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-21 09:19 +0000
  Re:New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-02-21 06:49 -0500
  Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides? ApathyBear <nirchernia@gmail.com> - 2014-02-21 12:12 -0800
    Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-02-21 15:21 -0500
    Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-21 20:52 -0500
    Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-22 02:45 +0000
      Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides? Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-02-22 14:30 +1100

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