{"id":6732,"date":"2021-02-05T15:13:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T15:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realjossy.com\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2023-09-24T23:45:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T23:45:46","slug":"what-is-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realjossy.com\/blog\/what-is-api\/","title":{"rendered":"What is API"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/realjossy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/What-is-an-api-1024x507.jpg\" alt=\"What is Api\" class=\"wp-image-6734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realjossy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/What-is-an-api-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/realjossy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/What-is-an-api-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/realjossy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/What-is-an-api-768x381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/realjossy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/What-is-an-api.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is API?  (Application Program Interface) This usually has a very complicated explanation of how software talks to other software. Essentially you can set up an API to have a set rule it enforces when interacting with other software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realjossy.com\/blog\/what-is-a-domain-name\/\">What is a Domain Name<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s like setting up a contract between one software and another. For example, Weather Underground makes its API information available to other weather websites and apps so once it\u2019s set up they can automatically get the weather information from Weather Underground for their app via the API.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is API? (Application Program Interface) This usually has a very complicated explanation of how software talks to other software. 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