What Is an API? Let's Watch One Actually Work (Beginner Guide)

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Free public APIs change hosts. Load it in a browser before you hit record, and have the backup ready.

• Frankfurter (exchange rates, no key) — https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/latest?base=USD&symbols=NGN,INR,GBP


• Open-Meteo (weather, no key) — https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=6.52&longitude=3.37&current=temperature_2m


• import requests
  
  
• url = "https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/latest?base=USD&symbols=NGN,INR,GBP"
• response = requests.get(url)
• data = response.json()
  
  
• print(data)
  
  
  
  
• import pandas as pd
  
• df = pd.DataFrame(list(data["rates"].items()), columns=["Currency", "Rate"])
• df
• print(data["rates"])