Re:Amsterdam Airport Launches API Platform
by yati on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @06:16PM
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> HTTP/HTML is also an API, just a bit more cumbersome to parse than JSON.
No it's not, HTML can change anytime. It is meant for human consumption. "API" has the word "Interface" in it because there is a well defined interface to a service, and is documented, and is meant for machine use predominantly.
> API key
While I agree with you, I also think it is important to be able to disable applications that might be misusing the API quickly.
No it's not, HTML can change anytime. It is meant for human consumption. "API" has the word "Interface" in it because there is a well defined interface to a service, and is documented, and is meant for machine use predominantly.
> API key
While I agree with you, I also think it is important to be able to disable applications that might be misusing the API quickly.