# API-based Data Ingestion Patterns

## Learning Cards

1. **What is API-based Data Ingestion?**  
   Easy 2 min read  
   [Link](/content/learn/data-integration-patterns/api-data-ingestion/what-is-api-based-data-ingestion/index.html)

2. **Four Core API Ingestion Patterns**  
   Medium 3 min read  
   [Link](/content/learn/data-integration-patterns/api-data-ingestion/four-core-api-ingestion-patterns/index.html)

3. **API Ingestion at Scale: Production Reality**  
   Medium 3 min read  
   [Link](/content/learn/data-integration-patterns/api-data-ingestion/api-ingestion-at-scale-production-reality/index.html)

4. **Choosing Your Ingestion Pattern: Trade-offs and Decision Criteria**  
   Hard 3 min read  
   [Link](/content/learn/data-integration-patterns/api-data-ingestion/choosing-your-ingestion-pattern-trade-offs-and-decision-criteria/index.html)

5. **Failure Modes and Edge Cases in API Ingestion**  
   Hard 3 min read  
   [Link](/content/learn/data-integration-patterns/api-data-ingestion/failure-modes-and-edge-cases-in-api-ingestion/index.html)