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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Addresses and stamps are like the API we use to communicate with the postal service and mail carriers.
They are rules and structure about how information is communicated between systems.
In the case of a website like Twitter, it’s not just where data is sent, but the form it takes, so an app that talks to Twitter and twitter’s servers can understand each other.
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