APIs seem to be everywhere these days. Every popular online service has one. APIs allow developers to interact with online services without actually having to point and click their way through a UI.

Despite REST's position as the de facto standard in web services development, it's not without some shortcomings. Data exchange formats can be bloated, and it lacks standards for API documentation and ...

While SOAP-based web services form the backbone of most legacy web service implementations, RESTful APIs have become the de facto standard for cloud-native microservices development. In this ...

Microsoft’s platform-based approach to cloud development has allowed it to offer managed versions of many familiar elements of the tech stack, especially within its data platform. As well as its own ...

Developers use application programming interfaces to hide complexity, organize code, design reusable components, and connect different systems, applications, or services. The term API stands for ...