Fundamentals of API documentation Certificate Course

No understanding of code, no challenge. Join our Fundamentals of API documentation course to start your career as an API documentation writer.

Overview

Course Name: Fundamentals of API Documentation Certificate Course (Online) Batch 16

  • Days of Training: 21 days
  • Sessions: 3 Weekends, 6 Sessions, 15 hours
  • Dates of Sessions: April 15-16, 22-23, 29-30
  • Time: 10.30 AM-12.45 PM Indian Standard Time (For all 6 sessions)

Takeaway from Course

  • Understand and write code
  • Prepare API documentation based on global templates
  • Learn how to use Postman and Swagger

History

Earlier, 15 Batches were completed with full capacity in just 2 years. Professionals from other domains have joined the full course and become skilled to grab opportunities as a technical writer in the IT industry.

Full course: 340+ students completed the course in two years

  • Students from multiple countries have participated.
  • Some of the students have already started working as API documentation writers now.

How to Register

Registration is open for Batch 16.

Registration Options

You can pick one of the two options to register and make the payment. Based on the option selected, the fee will vary.

Common discount: Discount of 25% / 15% / 10% on total fee for TWT Annual members. For details, view TWT Annual Membership.

Course Fee

As per the Indian government rule, the fee includes GST of 18%.

Option 1: UPI Payment for India

  • Full Fee: INR 5800 (With 18% GST – no processing charge)
  • Group of 3: INR 5600 each (With 18% GST – no processing charge)
  • Make payment: Use QR Code (for banks in India) and save processing charge. Click to Register.

Option 2 (Indian Debit/Credit Cards)

Option 3 (Payment in USD) Fee: USD 100

  1. Open the URL: paypal.me/techwriterstribe 
  2. Pay to TWT Paypal account and enter transaction details.
  3. Click to Register.

Requirements for participants

  • Must have a Desktop/Laptop to work on exercises during the session.
  • Must have POSTMAN downloaded to use for practice during the session.
  • Must have access to Microsoft Teams from Laptop.
  • Must have a GMAIL/Google ID

Course Curriculum

Day 1

What is API? ​

​Understanding​

  •  Web services ​
  •  HTTP & HTTPS​
  •  Microservices ​
  •  Webhooks ​
  •  SOAP and REST APIs

Day 2

Introduction to

  • JSON
  • YAML
  • Learning how to write code in JSON

Day 3

REST APIs (POSTMAN)

  • Authorization & Authentication
  • Requests
  • Resources
  • Methods
  • Query Parameters
  • Responses 
  • Creating API document

Day 4

REST APIs (Swagger)

  • Understanding OpenAPI Specs
  • Testing APIs
  • Creating API document 

Day 5

API documentation

  • Structure of an API document
  • Grammar and sentence construction
  • Best practices
  • Tips and Tricks

Day 6

  • How your API doc website should look like
  • Revision
  • Assessments 

Disclaimer! The course curriculum can be modified if required to suit better interest of the participants.

About the Instructor

Pallavi Deshpande is an accomplished Technical Writer with overall 15+ years of experience. Having helped organisations shape their Developer documentation strategy, she holds specialisation in production documentation also. Apart from product and API documentation, she loves to play around Docs-as-code using Hugo. 

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1 Comment
  • Sridhar
    Posted at 09:58h, 10 March Reply

    I am looking for an API Documentation certification course. Please provide more info on that.

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