“API” is an acronym for application programming interface, a set of protocols that allows two software programs to communicate. APIs are used to power web applications and integrate different software ...

How do you explain web APIs to the business? Here's an analogy not-so-tech-savvy businesspeople could probably relate to: using APIs are like creating music. That's the interesting comparison drawn by ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Many researchers are interested in obtaining ...

Highlights from groundbreaking research on the impact of APIs, plus 6 key takeaways for business leaders embarking on an API-driven strategy. Research shows that over a four-year period, firms using ...

With the surge in cloud-native apps, mobile technologies and connected services, APIs have become the backbone of modern digital infrastructure. APIs are no longer mere technical tools but essential ...

REST is an acronym for Representational State Transfer, an architectural style that has become extremely popular over the past few years. A RESTful API is one that it is built in accordance with the ...

ASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called minimal APIs, that allows us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies. We’ve discussed minimal APIs in several earlier posts here.