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Introduction to APIs

FREEBeginner19mUpdated 2026-05-01
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About this course

The free entry-point for anyone who wants to make AI actually useful. Understand APIs in plain English, see Allen's top 5 APIs that change the game, and watch Claude scrape 100 leads from the FEC in 3 minutes — live.

What you'll learn

What "API" actually stands for and what it means in plain English
The 3 vocab words you need: endpoint, request, response
API keys + .env files — what they are, why every leaked-key disaster starts here
Rate limits + quotas — what they mean for your wallet
How to use Claude to make your first API call with no code
The 3 rules that keep you off the next horror-story Reddit thread

Course curriculum

6 modules·15 lessons·Total 19m
01What this 15 minutes unlocks for youPreview1m
02API = Application Programming Interface (in plain English)Preview2m
01Claude + an API = your new junior employeePreview2m
02Allen's top 5 APIs that change the game (OpenAI · SerpAPI · Stripe · FEC · Resend)Preview2m
03Live demo — Claude maps a Senate race's money in 3 minutes (FEC API)1m
01Endpoints, requests, responses — the only 3 words you need1m
02API keys explained (what they are, what they unlock, what they cost)1m
03The .env file — your secrets vault, and why every leaked-key disaster starts here1m
04Rate limits + quotas — what they mean for your wallet2m
01Make your first API call with Claude — no code required1m
02Read a response — what's actually being returned1m
01Horror story #1: the infinite retry loop that cost $4,217 in 11 hours2m
02Horror story #2: Anthropic key in a browser bundle — $8,400 drained in 18 hours2m
03The 3 rules that keep you safe1m
01Your upgrade path — 3 SetupBots courses to take next1m

What you take home

2 downloadable artifacts

Every course ships with the methodology AND the working assets. Drop them straight into your stack — they're AI-feedable, so you can paste them into Claude / Cursor / ChatGPT as a system prompt.

API basics in one page

Cheatsheet

Every term defined — endpoints, methods, headers, auth, status codes — with real examples.

.env file starter template

Template

The exact .env structure to use, with .gitignore rules so secrets never hit your repo.

Meet your instructor

Allen Seavert — in residence

Founder · SetupBots · Phoenix, AZ

13+ years building. Shipped marketplaces, CRMs, lead engines, and content pipelines for clients from solo founders to 8-figure companies. Built a production experiences marketplace from scratch — scraped 13,706 leads with AI, wired a seat-race booking system, and automated cold email at scale. Now teaching the methodology.

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Lifetime access. You get every future update to the course as the tools evolve. No expiring subscriptions.
30-day no-questions-asked refund. If the course doesn't deliver on what we promised, we refund and we want to know why so we can improve.
Yes — completion certificates are issued automatically when you finish all course modules. They're shareable on LinkedIn.
Yes. Many operators buy a course first then book a consulting engagement to apply it to their specific business. Email growth@setupbots.com for details.

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