Web Server APIs Flashcards

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What is an API?

A

Application Programming Interface.

It gives access to some other system. It could be a completely external interface.

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2
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Name a restful API

A

Ajax

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What is AJAX?

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We dynamically update different parts of the page by accessing url points that just contain partials.

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Why would you want to work with restful API’s?

A

Got the capability to work with them, jquery can create all these http methods.

All of the modern web is intertwined in some way.

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