15 Best API Development Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 API Development courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "api development" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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GraphQL API Development: Schema Design,Security & Deployment
Offered by Board Infinity
Build GraphQL APIs that go beyond basic queries—secure, real-time, and cloud-ready. In this course, you’ll master advanced schema design, secure data flow, real-time subscriptions, and scalable deployment. Use Apollo Ser...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditModern API Development
Offered by Edureka
This course covers the essentials of building and designing APIs, including frameworks, RESTful design, validation, testing, and performance optimization to help participants build and manage APIs effectively. Tailored f...
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Coursera CertificateMicrosoft Secure & Scalable API Development with .NET
Offered by Microsoft
Build practical back-end development skills with .NET and learn how to create secure, scalable, and high-performing APIs for modern applications. This Professional Certificate helps you understand the complete API develo...
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Coursera CertificateAPI Development and Architecture
Offered by Edureka
APIs are the backbone of today’s digital ecosystem, enabling seamless communication between applications, systems, and services. This Specialization is designed for software developers, engineers, and IT professionals wh...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditOptimize & Interface LLM Apps Effectively
Offered by Coursera
Ever wondered why your AI app sometimes “sounds smart” but fails when it matters? This course teaches you how to turn unpredictable Large Language Model (LLM) behavior into reliable, production-ready performance.This cou...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditSwiftUI & Node.js: Intro to Full Stack Development
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditGitHub: Evaluating and Integrating AI Models
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
Learn to evaluate, select, and integrate AI models using GitHub Models — a service that provides ready-to-use, off-the-shelf machine learning models directly within the GitHub platform. You will navigate the GitHub Model...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditAPI Design and Fundamentals of Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform
Offered by Google Cloud
In this course, you learn how to design APIs, and how to use OpenAPI specifications to document them. You learn about the API lifecycle, and how the Apigee API platform helps you manage all aspects of the lifecycle. You...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditPrompt Engineering in Python, with GPT, and the OpenAI API
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditWeb Development with Python
Offered by Microsoft
Description: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to building dynamic web applications using Python and the Flask framework. You'll learn how to handle user interactions, work with databases, develop APIs, a...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditDesign & Secure LLM APIs for Scalability
Offered by Coursera
Master the art of building enterprise-grade LLM APIs that scale to millions of users while maintaining bulletproof security. This hands-on course transforms you from API developer to platform architect, teaching you to d...
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Coursera CertificateBackend Engineering with Node.js
Offered by LearnKartS
What if you could build powerful, scalable backend systems that fuel dynamic applications? Welcome to the Backend Engineering with Node.js, a hands-on specialization designed to take you from beginner to pro. This specia...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-credit.NET Core Mastery: Advanced Techniques for Exp Developers
Offered by EDUCBA
Overview: Elevate your expertise in .NET Core with our specialization. Master advanced C# programming, web application development, testing, debugging, and building scalable applications. Gain insights into clean archite...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditSvelte 5 & SvelteKit For Hands-On Modern Web Development
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditDeploy & Evaluate Vision Models Effectively
Offered by Coursera
In this hands-on course, you’ll learn how to move computer vision models from notebooks to the real world. You’ll build an end-to-end inference pipeline, package it into a reproducible API, and evaluate its performance u...
$49.00listed price
Best API Development Courses on Coursera compared
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What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
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