Chapter 11: APIs – Extending Gatsby
In this chapter, you will learn about the A part of the Jamstack—that is, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). We will learn how to use them within the dynamic portion of a compiled web page to recreate the functionality that web developers are familiar with in traditional server-based web development. We are going to create a custom Propose an event form using a Netlify form, and we are going to manage submissions through Netlify functions. We will also see how to connect a third-party service to our Gatsby application.
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Introduction to APIs
- Gatsby – APIs