What problems does it solve?

-   secure messaging between two computers
-   allow 3rd party access to data, but with restrictions
-   update data, such as add a new video to Youtube.
-   allows devices running different software to communicate.
-   allow us to logon using information from a 3rd (Use Google)

Restful APIs refer to specfic documentation and rules:

-   Consider a ball, any ball suitable for kicking.   
-   The game of soccer and its rules would be `Restful API`.

Examples of APIs

Twitter: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api
NY Times: https://developer.nytimes.com/apis
Google: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/library?project=project2-296610
Youtube: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started




jimrothstein/yt_api documentation built on Nov. 5, 2022, 8:05 p.m.