API
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Pulni4kiya
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Re: API
How can you do what?
An API is a means for other programmers to utilize someone else's software. For example, if you're writing a Twitter app for the iPhone, you're going to need to hook into the Twitter system in order to provide your users with the ability to log in and out as well as send and read tweets. These are all things that are part of the Twitter system and in order to utilize these functions, you need an API which has function signatures and use cases regarding the different parts of the system that are open for utilization.
An API is a means for other programmers to utilize someone else's software. For example, if you're writing a Twitter app for the iPhone, you're going to need to hook into the Twitter system in order to provide your users with the ability to log in and out as well as send and read tweets. These are all things that are part of the Twitter system and in order to utilize these functions, you need an API which has function signatures and use cases regarding the different parts of the system that are open for utilization.