What is an Application programming interface(API)?

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An application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions and communication protocols for building software. APIs make it easier for developers to use certain technologies by abstracting implementation details and only exposing necessary objects and actions. The term API was first used in 1968. APIs are used for libraries, frameworks, operating systems, remote access, web services, and design. They allow modular programming by hiding complex implementation details from users. Common examples of APIs include OpenGL, OpenMP, DirectX, and Java APIs.

Application
programming
interface
An application programming interface
is a set of subroutine definitions,
communication protocols, and tools for
building software.

Purpose
• Just as a Graphic User Interface (GUI) makes it
easier for people to use programs, application
programming interfaces make it easier for
developers to use certain technologies in building
applications.
• An API simplifies programming by abstracting the
underlying implementation and only exposing
objects or actions the developer needs.

History
The term API seems to appear for the first time in the
article of Ira w. Cotton "Data structures and techniques
for remote computer graphics" published in 1968.

Uses
• Libraries and frameworks
• Operating systems
• Remote APIs
• Web APIs
• Design

Libraries and frameworks
• An API usually is related to a software
library.
• The API describes and prescribes the
"expected behavior" (a specification) while
the library is an "actual implementation" of
this set of rules.
• A single API can have multiple
implementations (or none, being abstract)
in the form of different libraries that share
the same programming interface.

Operating systems
• An API can specify the interface between
an application and the operating system.
• POSIX, for example, specifies a set of
common APIs that aim to enable an
application written for a POSIX conformant
operating system to be compiled for
another POSIX conformant operating
system.

Remote APIs
• Remote APIs allow developers to
manipulate remote resources
through protocols, specific standards for
communication that allow different
technologies to work together, regardless
of language or platform

Web APIs
• Web APIs are the defined interfaces
through which interactions happen
between an enterprise and applications
that use its assets, which also is a Service
Level Agreement (SLA) to specify the
functional provider and expose the service
path or URL for its API users.
• An API approach is an architectural
approach that revolves around providing a
program interface to a set of services to
different applications serving different
types of consumers.

Design
• The design of an API has significant impact
on its usage.
• The principle of information
hiding describes the role of programming
interfaces as enabling modular
programming by hiding the
implementation details of the modules so
that users of modules need not
understand the complexities inside the
modules..

10
• Open CL cross-platform API for general-purpose computing for CPUs &
GPUs
•OpenGL cross-platform graphics API
•Open MP API that supports multi-platform shared memory multiprocessing
programming in C, C++ and Fortran on many architectures, including Unix
and Microsoft Windows platforms.
•Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI)
•Simple Direct Media Layer (SDL)
•ASPI for SCSI device interfacing
•Cocoa and Carbon for the Macintosh
•DirectX for Microsoft Windows
•EHLLAPI
•Java APIs
•ODBC for Microsoft Windows
•Open AL cross-platform sound API
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What is an Application programming interface(API)?

1. Application programming interface An application programming interface is a set of subroutine definitions, communication protocols, and tools for building software.

2. Purpose • Just as a Graphic User Interface (GUI) makes it easier for people to use programs, application programming interfaces make it easier for developers to use certain technologies in building applications. • An API simplifies programming by abstracting the underlying implementation and only exposing objects or actions the developer needs.

3. History The term API seems to appear for the first time in the article of Ira w. Cotton "Data structures and techniques for remote computer graphics" published in 1968.

4. Uses • Libraries and frameworks • Operating systems • Remote APIs • Web APIs • Design

5. Libraries and frameworks • An API usually is related to a software library. • The API describes and prescribes the "expected behavior" (a specification) while the library is an "actual implementation" of this set of rules. • A single API can have multiple implementations (or none, being abstract) in the form of different libraries that share the same programming interface.

6. Operating systems • An API can specify the interface between an application and the operating system. • POSIX, for example, specifies a set of common APIs that aim to enable an application written for a POSIX conformant operating system to be compiled for another POSIX conformant operating system.

7. Remote APIs • Remote APIs allow developers to manipulate remote resources through protocols, specific standards for communication that allow different technologies to work together, regardless of language or platform

8. Web APIs • Web APIs are the defined interfaces through which interactions happen between an enterprise and applications that use its assets, which also is a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to specify the functional provider and expose the service path or URL for its API users. • An API approach is an architectural approach that revolves around providing a program interface to a set of services to different applications serving different types of consumers.

9. Design • The design of an API has significant impact on its usage. • The principle of information hiding describes the role of programming interfaces as enabling modular programming by hiding the implementation details of the modules so that users of modules need not understand the complexities inside the modules..

10. 10 • Open CL cross-platform API for general-purpose computing for CPUs & GPUs •OpenGL cross-platform graphics API •Open MP API that supports multi-platform shared memory multiprocessing programming in C, C++ and Fortran on many architectures, including Unix and Microsoft Windows platforms. •Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) •Simple Direct Media Layer (SDL) •ASPI for SCSI device interfacing •Cocoa and Carbon for the Macintosh •DirectX for Microsoft Windows •EHLLAPI •Java APIs •ODBC for Microsoft Windows •Open AL cross-platform sound API Examples:

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