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In this section, we will learn about the web API. Currently, it is one of the most popular ways of providing data across the web. In our final application, we will not be using the web API since it is our intention to use GraphQL. However, it is good to have some understanding of web API design since on the internet, it is very commonly used and under the covers, GraphQL also works similarly.
What is a web API? API stands for application programming interface. This means that it's a way for one programming system to interact with another. Therefore, a web API is an API that uses web technologies to provide programming services to other systems. A web API sends and receives data as a string, as opposed to binary data, and usually in JSON format.
All web APIs will have an endpoint that is represented by a URI, basically the same thing as a URL. This path must be static and not changing. If a change is desired, then it is expected that the...