API Integration

Connect to external REST APIs and process responses.

Capabilities

• Make HTTP requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Handle authentication (API keys, OAuth, Bearer tokens)
• Parse and transform JSON responses
• Handle pagination and rate limiting

Authentication Methods

Request Template

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.example.com/v1/resource",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN"},
    params={"limit": 100}
)
data = response.json()

Error Handling

• 4xx: Client errors - check request parameters
• 5xx: Server errors - implement retry with backoff
• Timeout: Set reasonable timeouts (30s default)