What is RapidAPI?
RapidAPI is a public API marketplace launched in 2015 that allows developers to find, test, and connect to thousands of APIs from different providers. It offers a unified API developer portal and dashboard to easily discover APIs in different categories like social media, financial services, machine learning, and more.
Some key features of RapidAPI include:
- API discovery - Browse and search a catalog of thousands of APIs across different categories.
- API testing - Interactively test APIs right from the browser with example requests/responses.
- API management - Manage API keys, monitor usage and performance, control access.
- Code samples - Get code samples in various languages to get up and running quickly.
- Documentation - Access detailed technical API documentation.
- Analytics - Track API usage and performance.
RapidAPI aims to simplify the process of finding, integrating and managing APIs for developers. With its marketplace, developers can reduce time to market by finding the right APIs fast and the management portal helps maintain them over time.
Over half a million developers use RapidAPI to power their applications with data and services. Large companies like Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco also list their APIs on the RapidAPI marketplace to expand their developer reach.