May 10, 2023

VIDEO: What IS an API? APIs explained – what are they & how do they work?

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Application programming interfaces (APIs) are useful for more than accessing information for data-driven decision-making. You can also build programs that run searches on the data the server is hosting and transform that information into a different, usable format. Learn more in this video!

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