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What exactly is API?

Anubhav Singhal on January 13, 2021

APIs are one of the most significant parts of software development, every developer must be well versed with them. I have been working as a golang ...
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LiyanaCarr

Thanks for sharing such an informative post. I would also like to add more benefits to using APIs. First of all, I love the automation feature of APIs where you don't need to invest energies, and linked apps do their jobs automatically. Similarly, if you are a newbie and want easy customizations, then these are APIs that would assist you thoroughly.

On the contrary, if we talk about APIs services, then different articles like this one are worth reading. This is because they don't give the best ideas about the services and explain each aspect of using APIs in detail.

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Margo McCabe

This is super interesting thanks for sharing! We're actually hosting a workshop in a couple weeks where you can code along to build a REST API, in case you have any interest.

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Rudrakshi

Amazing article!

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Anubhav Singhal

Thanks, Rudrakshi!

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Ritvik Dubey

Thanks for writing. Found it very helpful 🙌

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Anubhav Singhal

Thanks, Ritvik!

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Akshay Varshney

Very well done Anubhav!!!

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Anubhav Singhal

Thanks for supporting, Akshay!
Really appreciate it.

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RealToughCandy.io

This article is a good reference point for beginners. Well done.

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Anubhav Singhal

Thanks a lot.
Glad to hear that for sure!

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Rishit Khandelwal

GraphQL 🥲.

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Anubhav Singhal

For simplicity of beginners, I tried to keep blog more about the idea, and less about the technicality.

Will write a detailed article as well, soon.

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Aadarsh kumar

Thanks for sharing very helpful

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How can I return an image instead of json?

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Anubhav Singhal

link to image can be returned.

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Aadarsh kumar

Thanks for sharing very helpful