How Can I Learn To Use Api 'S Of Google,Facebook And Dropbox?

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I am creating a program which requires automatic file upload in google drive/dropbox and i read that for doing any such thing i need to get an idea about the API of google/dropbox. I am a C++ programmer and i have never used API's before and i have no clue how to use them. I want to learn them so that i can use them in my further applications. Now, i read the google API's and found it hard to understand as i want to implement the program in c++ and not in JAVA/C#. So, what would be the best way to understand these API's and master the concepts?

Posted 15-Sep-14 10:31am

Rebecca1995

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joshrduncan2012 15-Sep-14 17:31pm

You could visit the developer's page on facebook to get an idea of how they handle their API structure.

enhzflep 15-Sep-14 21:12pm

Yeah, you've been using APIs since day 1 - you just didn't realize it. Unless I'm mistaken and you've been writing to screen-memory and reading/writing directly to the keyboard ports. APIs just allow us to get on with our work, rather than inventing the wheel. When asked to "define API", google responds with noun - "a set of functions and procedures that allow the creation of applications which access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service."

Just look for the API documentation and any/all examples that are either relevant or interesting to you. You should get a feel for the type of mindset/expectations that its designers had in mind.

Eg - the X-Windows and GDI sub-systems of linux and windows achieve more or less the same result, but have a very different feel and approach.

Following a tutorial or two on interfacing with DropBox probably wouldn't hurt either.

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