What is an API?

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Jonathan Gottfried

Jon Gottfried's "What is an API?" talk from Columbia DevFest 2012

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WTF:API
By Jon Gottfried

@jonmarkgo

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Application
Programming
Interface
The End

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What is it..really?
• Public interface > Private tools
• Computers talking to computers

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NO COPY/PASTA

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On Being RESTful

• Hackers are Lazy

• REpresentational State Transfer

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REST
• GET

• POST

• PUT

• DELETE
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REST swings both
ways

• Send using REST
• Receive using REST

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Twilio’s API

• SMS
• Voice

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