Book 8

HTTP APIs & Automation

REST, JSON, webhooks, and APIs for hosting teams

Free · Digital Textbook

How APIs work, how infrastructure teams use them for DNS, cloud, and webhooks — without clicking panels.

  • 6 chapters
  • ~2 hours
  • Hands-on exercises in every chapter
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Table of Contents

Chapters

Read in order the first time — later chapters reference the lab company introduced in Chapter 1.

  1. 01 Welcome to Book 8 Why hosting teams need API literacy after cloud infrastructure. 8 min
  2. 02 What Is an API? HTTP methods, endpoints, and the request/response cycle. 22 min
  3. 03 JSON, XML & the Format Transition Payload formats, Content-Type, SOAP-to-REST, and bridging legacy systems. 28 min
  4. 04 APIs for Infrastructure Teams DNS, cloud, webhooks, and automation patterns. 28 min
  5. 05 Authentication & API Keys Bearer tokens, OAuth intro, rotation, and secret storage. 22 min
  6. 06 Capstone: Automate Workshop Co. Contact form → chat webhook + sheet — full API flow. 35 min