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Consuming a Custom API with React

API React

By Chris On Code
Event on June 23, 2020  4.3k

This tech talk will be streaming live on Thu, Jun 23, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET .
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About the Talk

We have built a custom API with Strapi in the past. Now that we have some data, a
dashboard, and a REST API, let’s use JavaScript and React to consume that API.

We will build a simple app and talk about grabbing data from our new API.

Key takeaways
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Building a Custom API with Strapi lets us focus on our frontend code

Using React to grab data from an API

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Developers that have their own APIs and want to consume their APIs with React and
JavaScript.

Prerequisites
Some knowledge of JavaScript and how APIs work is a plus.

About the Presenter

Chris Sevilleja (@chrisoncode) is the founder of scotch.io and Senior Developer Advocate
at DigitalOcean. He loves trying to figure out the most efficient and practical way to build
apps that we can ship to our customers.

How to Join
This tech talk is free and open to everyone. Join the live event on
Thu, Jun 23, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT by registering on GotoWebinar here and Chris
will be answering questions at the end.

If you can’t make the live event, the recording and transcript will be published here as
soon as it’s available.

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