SQL & APIs · APIs
Auth, rate limits & pagination
The three things every real API makes you handle: proving who you are (API keys, OAuth, tokens), not getting throttled (429 + backoff), and fetching big result sets page by page.
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Key idea
Prereqs: HTTP APIs & JSON. Next: Git & GitHub flow / Tools & function calling. ByteByteGo API series + RFC 6585 (429).Next: 1. Authentication