Understood. In my experience a “quick 15 minute conversation” will not cover the myriad of options and potential approaches you may want to take to your very good question.
There are many ways to call APIs with or without an existing app:
- Make API module in an app that has this module
- HTTP call with various authentication methods
- Building an app from scratch for private
- Building an app from scratch for public use
These go in increasing order of complexity. But they ALL come with a huge caveat:
You must understand the API you are hitting and how it functions, its options and quirks. Without this knowledge you will be banging your head against the wall for days and weeks, finally giving up in frustration…