Working with API Responses

Real-world APIs return JSON with varying structures. Learn to handle common patterns and extract the data you need.

Common API Response Patterns

Handling Paginated Responses

Error Response Handling

Normalizing API Data

Handling Nested Resources

Exercise: Extract Data

Exercise: Normalize Fields

Key Points

• APIs often wrap data in status/data/meta structure
• Always check for error responses
• Normalize field names to match your app
• Handle pagination metadata
• Flatten nested structures for easier use