Types of API Flashcards by Luke Simpson | Brainscape

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Representational State Transfer (REST)

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Web data exchange protocol.

Example - Twitter API for posts

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Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

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Strict web service protocol

Example - Bank data exchange

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Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

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Remote function call service.

Example - JSON-RPC for Bitcoin nodes

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Local API

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System-internal API for functions.

Example - Windows OS API

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