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API Primer for FileMaker


What is an API and why should you care?

 

APIs are the means by which your FileMaker solution can access all kinds of services and interface with other data stores.

When you get a little understanding of this, the world of systems integration really opens up for you.

API stands for Application Program Interface.

It is the interface by which an application accesses a service.

It essentially provides an interpreter service translating requests into language the service can understand and returns the results requested.

It means that the service can be treated as a black box – requests go in, unseen magic happens, and results come out.

 

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