Why APIs matter

0:00 So, in this video, I'm going to break it down as simple as possible, no technical jargon, and by the end, you'll be confidently setting up API calls within your own Agentic workflows. Let's make this easy. So the purpose of this video is to understand how to set up your own requests so you can access any API because that's where the power truly comes in. And before we get into Nitn and we set up a couple live examples and I show you guys my thought process when I'm setting up these API calls.

0:23 First I thought it would just be important to understand what an API really is. And APIs are so so powerful because let's say we're building agents within NAND. Basically we can only do things within NAND's environment unless we use an API to access some sort of server. So whether that's like a Gmail or a HubSpot or Air Table, whatever we want to access that's outside of Niden's own environment, we have to use an API call to do so.

0:45 And so that's why at the end of this video, when you completely understand how to set up any API call you need, it's going to be a complete gamecher for your workflows and it's also going to unlock pretty much unlimited possibilities. All right, now that we understand why APIs are important, let's talk about what they actually do. So API stands for application programming interface. And at the highest level, in the most simple terms, it's just a way for two systems to talk to each other.

1:06 So, Naden and whatever other system we want to use in