Restrictions of Using APIs
When an API (Application Programming Interface) is made it’s not really released as software for download and it has some policies governing its use or restricting its use to everyone, usually, there are three main types of policies governing APIs, are:
- Private: These APIs are only made for a single person or entity (like a company that has spent the resources to make it or bought it).
- Partner: Just like the name it gives the authority to use APIs to some partners of entities that own APIs for their private use.
- Public: You should be aware of them cause you can only find these APIs in the market for your own use if you don’t own specific API access from some entity that owns private these APIs for their private use. An example of a Public API is ‘Windows API’ by Microsoft for more public APIs you can visit this GitHub repository -> https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis.
What is an API (Application Programming Interface)
Everyone is in search of the highest-paying job so as to get into it. And, in the list, the web developer has been on the top for years and will remain in the same place due to its demand. If you’re the one who’s looking to get into it. you must be aware of the most important terms used in it. Out of all the terms, API is yet another term that plays a very important role in building a website. Now, what is an API – (Application Programming Interface)?
To make you clear with the diagram of what is API, let’s take a real-life example of an API, you can think of an API as a waiter in a restaurant who listens to your order request, goes to the chef, takes the food items ordered and gets back to you with the order. Also, if you want to look for the working of an API with the example, here’s one. You’re searching for a course(let’s say DSA-Self Paced) on the XYZ website, you send a request(product search requested) through an API, and the database searches for the course and checks if it’s available, the API is responsible here to send your request to the database (in search of the course) and responds with the output(best DSA courses).
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