What is a Web API?
Web API Is simply an API for the web. It is an API that can be accessed using the HTTP protocol. It can be built using Java, .nET, etc. It is implemented to extend the functionality of a browser, simplify complex functions, and provide easy syntax to complex code.
The four main types of web APIs are:
- Open API
- Partner API
- Internal API
- Composite API
To Know More: What is Web API and why we use it?
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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