A collection of operations that enables software programs to access data and interact with external software components, operating systems, or microservices. API is a potent tool that may accelerate business processes, increase brand awareness, link customers with desired products, etc. They are versatile and can be used on web-based systems, database systems, operating systems, and computer hardware. Codes of API can also be reused by developers increasing efficiency. However, security is a concern as APIs adds another attack layer to programs. Gartner predicts that by 2022 vulnerabilities in API would constitute the maximum percentage of data breaches in enterprise web applications.
Application Programming Interface
