API means Application Programming Interface. It's mostly used in casual online conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
Application Programming Interface. A contract that lets one program talk to another — endpoints, parameters, responses. Modern APIs are typically HTTP + JSON.
"If they don't have a public API, scrape it."
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API means Application Programming Interface. It's mostly used in casual online conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
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