Integrations and APIs

Question 1

What are API’s?

Answer 1

Application Program Interfaces

set of rules and protocols that are used for building and integrating application software

Question 2

What is Integration?

Answer 2

the process of combining different subsystems or components into one comprehensive system to ensure that they all function properly together

Question 3

What is REST?

Answer 3

Representational State Transfer

architectural style that uses standard HTTP methods and status codes, uniform resource identifiers, and MIME types to achieve a simple way to interact in a stateless manner with a given web service.

Question 4

What is SOAP?

Answer 4

Simple Object Access Protocol

protocol that defines a strict standard with a set structure for the message, usually in XML format

Question 5

What is CURL?

Answer 5

tool used to transfer data to and from a server, using one of the supported protocols

Includes: HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP or FILE.