Glossary · Phase 0 · Tools
API
A way for one program to ask another for data or actions, usually over the internet.
Learn it properly
How APIs work · Requests, responses, methods, status codes and headers. About 25 minutes.
Other terms from the same lesson
- endpoint: One specific web address of an API that does one job, like /v1/messages.
- HTTP: The rules web browsers and APIs use to send requests and get responses.
- status code: A number in an API's reply saying how it went: 200 means OK, 404 means not found.