APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

  

                      

💭Do you know what API is and how it works?

👉Let’s see if we understand one and the same thing when we talk about it.

Simply put, every Application Programming Interface or API enables apps to speak with each other.

When people talk about "API", they often mean an openly accessible online API that returns information, such as in JSON or XML. But API is not the database or the server. It is a code governing the access point(s) to the server.

Let’s take a closer look at a web-based API that returns data as a response to the clients’ request.

API allows you to get the information from outside of the application.

You can ask API for the data by sending it a request.

API also enables your websites to gather information in different applications.

API can heavily expand the usefulness of your applications.

Find an open API that offers the information you’d like to work with.

Look through the documentation first and see whether you can utilize it for your needs or not. To get an API key that provides you with access to the information, some APIs require a sign-up or offer you to follow the authentication steps that will allow your app to use it.

Receive the message of the data available.

Call the API from your app and process the data that you receive.

After getting the API, you can write the code to integrate the data the API returns and display it to the users of your application.

📕Python API Development Fundamentals: Develop a full-stack web application with Python and Flask by Jack Chan  (Author), Ray Chung  (Author), Jack Huang (Author)

What APIs do you use in your applications? Write your answer in the comments below👇.

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