AI engineering glossary · Web APIs HTTP
What is Web API?
Web API: An API that is reached over the network using web protocols, typically by sending HTTP requests to a URL and reading a structured reply such as JSON. Because it works across languages and machines, one service can be used by mobile apps, websites and scripts alike.
Web API: an example
A UPI payment app calls a bank's web API with an account and amount and receives a success or failure message.
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Where you learn it
Web API is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.