What is API?

What is API?

In technical terms, it is the interface that is said as the abbreviation of API (Application Programming Interface) , which enables the functions of an application to be accessed from outside or remotely and used. API can be used for, web application, operating system, database, hardware or software library.

We can say that the software you have made for a hardware can be transferred to another application in order to use it in other hardware software in order to use it in a different hardware. To explain this situation as follows; We can define the driver software written for a video card or sound card as the interface software that allows other programs to be shared for the use of applications instead of writing them piece by piece.

The interface is like a platform or a surface where many different entities can interact with each other. Basically an API: an interface used to enable computer programs to interact with each other on a system or on remote systems.

What are the API Benefits?

APIs make it easier for the developer rather than the user. Workload reduction can be achieved through the use of APIs in an application development process. Instead of coding all functions separately, integrating the API that will perform that job into the application both reduces workload and saves time.

We can say that two of the other advantages of APIs are security and code quality. APIs that will be used continuously can be developed with high engineering skills. In this way, the security weakness that will occur when you code a function yourself in your application is minimized with the use of API. Code quality can prevent long testing processes. After coding a simple login function, you have to test it over and over in many environments. However, the integration of an existing API manages to reduce this process to a minimum.

What are the API Advantages?

• Thanks to the use of APIs, software developers will be able to easily realize projects that are normally impossible to get out of the business and increase the qualifications of the software.
• The users who will use the software will also gain a great importance in increasing the value and usefulness of the software by adding many additional functional features. If the API structure is used, the user experience will increase a lot, which means a positive return.
• While the things to be done without API support during the project design phase are very limited, a project that includes all the necessary API support can be planned in a much more functional and simple way.
• Thanks to API support, a user who comes to your project with the Social Media API structure can submit your content to his / her friends, so you can find people who are likely to be interested in your project.

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