What is an API

Aman Agrawal - Oct 5 '20 - - Dev Community

An API is an acronym for Application Programming Interface. API's include various tools, protocols, and routines. API's are used as a way for applications to communicate with various systems. But what does this mean? Well let me explain what they are with some examples. I am…

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