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API
Written by Minh Khang
What is API?
An API is a doorway that lets two pieces of software talk to each other by agreed rules, for example so AI can read orders or post to social media.
Sales software, marketplaces, banks and social networks often open an API so other programs can read data or give orders. AI agents work with your systems mostly through APIs. Without one, an agent has to click through screens like a person: slower and easier to break.
API in a shop
The Eurekanda workspace publishes videos to YouTube and Facebook Pages through APIs, without anyone opening the apps.
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