I am having a little difficulty in understanding what are APIs and how do they work. I have heard about them a lot like REST APIs but don’t understand what they are. I am also confused about webhooks and web sockets. I am not from computer science background.
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With an API other computers can request information from your computer.
With a webhook, your computer will get information from another computer when it’s ready.
For example, I’ve got an API called WhatTimeIsIt where other computers can send requests and my computer will return the time.
Alternatively, I’ve got a webhook called TimeForDinner that will send my computer a message once dinner is ready.
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