APIs Explained (in 4 Minutes)

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In this video, Neamah explains how APIs work. Neamah is a former software engineer and machine learning engineer who now works in product management.

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APIs enable different applications to communicate with each other using requests and responses. They enable the seamless integration of different systems, functionalities, and services.

Non-technical companies can benefit from APIs in the same way as technical companies. Web APIs deliver client requests and return responses via either JSON or XML over the internet

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- 0:13 - What is an API?
- 1:52 - Non-technical analogy for APIs
- 2:45 - How do APIs work? (Web APIs)
- 3:08 - HTTP request and response structure
- 3:42 - Types of APIs

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