<ul><li>An API allows communication between two software systems, commonly done over HTTP in Python.</li><li>Python's requests library simplifies sending HTTP requests such as GET and POST.</li><li>GET requests using requests.get() fetch data, and POST requests using requests.post() send data to the server.</li><li>Important tips for using APIs include checking documentation, handling authentication, errors, and rate limits carefully.</li></ul>

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