Foundations

Working with AI APIs

Learn to leverage existing AI models through APIs. Understand authentication, rate limiting, error handling, and best practices for integrating ChatGPT, Claude, and other services.

Estimated Time 20 hours

Introduction

Learn to leverage existing AI models through APIs. Understand authentication, rate limiting, error handling, and best practices for integrating ChatGPT, Claude, and other services.

4 Lessons
20h Est. Time
4 Objectives
1 Assessment

By completing this module you will be able to:

Make API calls to LLM services and handle responses
Implement error handling and retry logic
Manage API keys and authentication securely
Optimize costs and respect rate limits

Lessons

Work through each lesson in order. Each one builds on the concepts from the previous lesson.

1

Understanding LLM APIs and Authentication

50 min

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2

Making Your First API Calls

45 min

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3

Error Handling, Rate Limits, and Retries

45 min

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4

Cost Management and API Best Practices

40 min

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Recommended Reading

Supplement your learning with these selected chapters from the course library.

📖

Building AI Applications with ChatGPT APIs

Chapters 1-5

📖

Practical GenAI with ChatGPT 2e

Chapters 1-3

Module Assessment

Working with AI APIs

Question 1 of 3

When calling an LLM API, what should you do to ensure robust error handling?