What is exactly API and why we call it like that? I am learning web development, and always come across APIs. I would love to learn it through an analogy.
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You when when you go to a public office or to a bank to get something done you often have to fill out a bunch of forms? That’s an API. It is some sort of standardized way of information exchange that whoever performs the service understands. It can be an office, a bank, a utility piece of software, or a computer server. Your program uses APIs to get things done. The API describes what can be done, and what information is required to get it done.
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