Twitter recently announced they will no longer support free access to the Twitter API. Everyone seems up in arms about it and I can’t figure out what an API even is. What would doing something like this actually affect?
I’ve tried looking up what an API is, but I can’t really wrap my head around it.
Edit: I’ve had so many responses to read through and there’s been a ton of helpful explanations! Much appreciated everyone 🙂 thanks for keeping this doofus in the know
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An API is basically a website for programs. You can get the content for your program from the human website, but it’s more complex and breaks all the time because of bugs and changes on the website. An API is much simpler for a program because it usually has no graphics, just text.
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