[[ANSWERED]]What's an API??

Question

I've encountered them many times on some comments but I don't ACTUALLY understand what they mean. If it's included in a lesson, i've most likely forgotten that i've encountered it already, so can anyone enlighten me in on this thing? That will be appreciated, thanks~

Answer 1

Application Programming Interface.
APIs expose methods for you to interact with an application without needing the actual source code.

For instance Google Maps has an API that lets you create maps on your site without needing all the code Google uses.

Or the browser has APIs for you as well like the navigation or location APIs.

Answer 2

u can read this https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/what-is-an-api

Answer 3

https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/609062/?ref=app

Answer 4

Application Programming Interface.

Answer 5

Application Programming Interface.

Answer 6

Put in the most simple way it's the middleman, imagine an API as a kid with divorced parents, he goes back and forth telling one what the other thinks about him/her/it.

Answer 7

An API is Application Programming Interface. they are codes availlable for programmers to use

Answer 8

It's a clear way to interact with a system. For your needs of course.

Answer 9

So are external libraries technically APIs?