Intro Tech Topics for Sales and Ops Flashcards
1
Q
API stands for?
A
Application Program Interface
2
Q
What is an API for?
A
Enables applications to communicate with each other.
3
Q
What two steps, in order, occur, when communicating with a web API
A
<b>Request</b> from a remote application to the API and a <b>Response</b> from the API back to that application.
4
Q
What is a web API “Endpoint”
A
A web address of the API that remote code communicates with, on a particular topic. For example, https://ticket.system.com/api/tickets is an endpoint that you might expect to be able to get a list of tickets from.
5
Q
Does an API run on a schedule, or automatically trigger when pre-defined events occur?
A
No
6
Q
What are the major types of web APIs?
A
RESTful, GraphQL and SOAP
