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API Discovery: The Why, The How, and 4 Tips for Success

What is API Discovery?

API discovery is a process that involves finding and understanding APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that exist in a system or across multiple systems. APIs are an important building block in software applications. They define methods and data formats that a program should use to communicate with other software or with the operating system.

This is part of a series of articles about API security

Some organizations take a manual approach to API discovery, where a developer or a team of developers goes through every piece of an application’s code to identify and document the APIs. However, many are turning to automated tools that can scan and detect APIs across various systems in a faster, more efficient manner.

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