“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 ...

Commentary - For many business leaders today, their first questions on this topic might just be, “What the heck is an API?” It’s not an issue discussed as often as other software considerations but it ...

The first half of this article introduced the big picture of programming with Java APIs–such as how Java APIs fit into application development, cloud and microservices architectures, and the role of ...

While the software revolution started out slowly, over the past few years it’s exploded and the fastest-growing segment to-date has been the shift towards software as a service or SaaS. SaaS has ...

At its most basic, an application programming interface (API) is a hidden link that facilitates communication between software systems, enabling information exchange among applications, services and ...

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Iddo Gino is the Founder and CEO of RapidAPI. Iddo has programmed since he was a kid and continues to contribute to open-source projects. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) continue to be a hot ...

OpenAI today released OpenAI Codex, its AI system that translates natural language into code, through an API in private beta. Able to understand more than a dozen programming languages, Codex can ...

Security analysts warn of a sharp rise in API attacks over the past year, with most companies still following inadequate practices to tackle the problem. More specifically, Salt Security reports a ...