Resources for understanding API documentation
In Chapter 1, Introduction to Business Process Automation with Zapier, we introduced how integrations work to request data from one application, producing a response in another. The information requests are usually in the form of creating new resources, retrieving existing ones, editing/updating existing resources, or deleting existing resources. In Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP – the foundation for how data is passed along on the internet) terms, these requests are denoted as the following methods:
- POST: Used to create a new resource
- GET: Used to retrieve an existing resource
- PUT: Used to edit or update an existing resource
- DELETE: Used to delete an existing resource
As you already know, the API integrations that have been created between Zapier and other apps have specific trigger, action, and search events that you can use in your Zaps.
Although, in most cases, the integrations built with Zapier...