What is an API? (with AI text bot example)
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:40 The car manual analogy for APIs
4:42 Why car manufacturers have a good understanding of APIs
6:00 5 Common Properties of APIs (using the car analogy)
8:26 My personal (generalized) definition of an API
9:31 APIs at various layers of abstraction
12:48 API Standards (REST, RPC, SOAP) Intro
14:07 API Classifications / Attributes (Open, Closed, Internal)
14:31 Open APIs (Google Calendar API Example)
15:24 Closed APIs (Salesforce Example)
16:14 Internal APIs
16:55 A Real World API Example (Google Vision AI)
20:12 "Big Picture" Review
