# Learn Ahrefs API: A Beginner Course

This course teaches you to run requests and unlock the full potential of Ahrefs data with our API.

### Who is this course for?

- Anybody curious about how Ahrefs API works
- Beginners who want to learn to use Ahrefs API
- Ahrefs API users who want to optimize usage

It doesn't matter if you know nothing about APIs – this free training course was designed for people with zero technical background. By the end of seven short videos, you’ll be able to confidently run requests and unlock the full potential of Ahrefs data with our API.

7 lessons  
11m  
Total length

[Start course](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-1/index.html)  
No sign-up required, and absolutely free of charge

## What you’ll learn

- What you can do with Ahrefs API.  
- How to make basic requests.  
- How to modify your requests with parameters.  
- How to run your requests in our free testing environment and optimize them.  
- How to calculate and control API unit costs.

## Course breakdown

[Ahrefs API Overview](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-1/index.html)

[Creating & managing API keys](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-2/index.html)

[Free testing environment](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-3/index.html)

[Making a request and receiving a response](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-4/index.html)

[Using request parameters](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-5/index.html)

[Calculating API units](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-6/index.html)

[Reducing API unit costs](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-7/index.html)

Course by

## Rebekah Bek

## Ready to start?

No sign-up required, and absolutely free of charge  
[Start course](/content/academy/api-course/lesson-1/index.html)

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