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Web API

A web API is an application programming interface (API) for either a web server or a web browser. It can refer to a client-side JavaScript API (including any web frameworks being used) or a server-side web API. The latter consists of one or more endpoints to a defined request–response message system, typically expressed in JSON or XML by means of an…

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Web API

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples88
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Web API

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related to Further reading · 27
Web API → Apigee, APIs, Archived, Brail, Brian, Calif, Crafting Interfaces, Dan, Daniel, Developers Love, February, Google Chrome, Greg, ISBN, Jacobson, Mozilla Developer Network, Mulloy, November, O'Reilly Media, PDF
related to Resources versus services · 14
Web API → APIs, By, Furthermore, HTTP, JSON, REST, RESTful, SOAP, SOAP-based Web APIs, W3C, Web, Web APIs, WSDL, XML
has impact · 12
Web API → Alexa Internet, API, APIs, Disqus, Every, Facebook, ProgrammableWeb, The, There, TOP, Web APIs, YouTube
related to Example · 8
Web API → According, American, An, API, Astronomy Picture, Day API, It, NASA
related to Client side · 7
Web API → API, HTML5, HTTP, JavaScript, Originally, The Mozilla Foundation, WebAPI
related to Server side · 7
Web API → API, APIs, HTTP-based, JSON, Mashups, The, XML
related to Endpoints · 6
Web API → APIs, Endpoints, HTTP, URI, Usually, Web APIs
is a · 3
Web API → application programming interface, Astronomy Picture of the Day API operated by the American space agency NASA, programmatic interface to extend functionality within a web browser or other HTTP client

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Web APIis aapplication programming interface0.90text
Web APIis aprogrammatic interface to extend functionality within a web browser or other HTTP client0.90text
Web APIis aAstronomy Picture of the Day API operated by the American space agency NASA0.90text
RESTinstance ofthe latter of which requires an access token.Resources versus servicesWeb 2.0 Web APIs often use protocols0.80text
SOAPinstance ofthe latter of which requires an access token.Resources versus servicesWeb 2.0 Web APIs often use protocols0.80text
RESTinstance ofResources versus servicesWeb 2.0 Web APIs often use protocols0.80text
SOAPinstance ofResources versus servicesWeb 2.0 Web APIs often use protocols0.80text
Web APIhas impactThe0.60section
Web APIhas impactAPIs0.60section
Web APIhas impactProgrammableWeb0.60section
Web APIhas impactWeb APIs0.60section
Web APIhas impactThere0.60section

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