API Explained: How Systems Communicate and Connect 🔗

Let's look under the hood at how systems talk to each other. We'll explain the concept of an Application Programming Interface, how it originated and the principles that underlie it using clear metaphors from everyday life.

Watch the video to find out more!

Learn more about AltexSoft: https://www.altexsoft.com
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/altexsoft/mycompany/
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/altexsoft/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AltexSoft
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/altexsoftcom/

0:00 How do systems communicate with each other?
1:00 What is an API?
2:27 API History
3:10 API Connection Types
4:31 API Principles
5:59 API Documentation
6:52 Conclusions

Sources:

[ 1 ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_qcttfnJA&t=1s&ab_channel=TheComeUp
[ 2 ] https://openweathermap.org/current
[ 3 ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TjGWsFEVQI&feature=youtu.be&t=14&ab_channel=ScienceChannel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIkQI-CotBU&feature=youtu.be&t=106&ab_channel=HomeLeisureDirect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJi930PtvEU&ab_channel=thekinolibrary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtzS-6GtfGg&ab_channel=rocknrollshoes
[ 4 ] https://www.infoq.com/presentations/history-api/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFZecokdHLo&ab_channel=AT%26TTechChannel
[ 5 ] https://www.programmableweb.com/news/10-most-popular-database-apis/brief/2019/05/06
[ 6 ] https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation
https://developer.github.com/v3/guides/getting-started/
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/tweets/search/quick-start/premium-30-day
[ 7 ] https://www.mindk.com/blog/how-to-build-an-api/
[ 8 ] https://www.altexsoft.com/blog/soap-vs-rest-vs-graphql-vs-rpc/

More about API in our articles:
1) What is API: Definition, Types, Specifications, Documentation https://www.altexsoft.com/blog/engineering/what-is-api-definition-types-specifications-documentation/
2) API Economy https://www.altexsoft.com/blog/api-economy/

Music by Blue Dot Sessions (http://www.sessions.blue) :

Toothless Slope by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Awaiting an Arrival by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Building the Sled by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Titter Snowbird by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Palladian by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Highway by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

An Oddly Formal Dance by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Music by Podington Bear (www.soundofpicture.com):

Climbing The Mountain by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)

Fantasy And Denouement by Podington Bear are licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)

Dancing On The Talkfloor by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)


Video footages by Videvo
Footage Courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ