Concept · Technical basics
API
Also called: application programming interface, APIs, endpoint, integration, webhook
Application programming interface. A defined way for one piece of software to ask another for information or to do something.
For example: Your app shows a map by asking a mapping service's API for it. It takes card payments by sending the details to a payment company's API.
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