About API and Web Services

In this lesson, we’ll discuss API and web services.

What is an API?

API stands for Application Programming Interface.

It is a software interface that allows two distinct services/applications to interact without one having to know the implementation details of the other. It is what we call, protocol agnostic.

What is a web service?

A web service is a medium that lets two machines communicate with each other over a network.

In other words, it allows communication between the client and the server ...