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API Basics : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqIjn-zAqU7KDjAKA5SS2b-HszUF1ooJk

For decades, most computer software has been created and distributed with one type of user in mind: a human. No matter what chain of events took place under the hood of that software, a human user was traditionally at the end of that chain. Because of this, the user was only able to access data through a user interface (UI).

But what if that same data could just as easily be accessed by another piece of software? For example, your smartwatch sharing the number of steps you’re taking with a performance-charting service on the web or with the electronic health records (EHR) system used by the doctor who you’ve asked to help improve your fitness? In this case, the UI concerns are very different. After all, software doesn’t have eyes, emotions, or intuition—it doesn’t need an over-the-top graphical user interface. However, in the same way a UI is tailored to humans, software needs an interface that makes it easy to get data or functionality from other software.

Say “hello” to application programming interfaces, otherwise known as APIs. When applications, data, or devices share data or functionality within some purpose-built context (like visualizing fitness data), APIs are behind the scenes and are responsible for the connectivity that happens in that context.

00:00 Introduction
00:15 Make APIs for You and Me
00:52 Learn the Benefits of APIs
01:59 Put the Web in Web API

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