What is an example of an API?

The waiter is the messenger – or API – that takes your request or order and tells the kitchen – the system – what to do. Then the waiter delivers the response back to you; in this case, it is the food. Here is a real-life API example. You may be familiar with the process of searching flights online .

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What does it mean to build an API?

An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a set of established protocols for external programs to interact with your application . As you said, the users parsed the javascript and discovered the URL’s that you use, and then built programs using those URL’s to interact with your app.

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