Connected homes and vehicles, wearables and smart cities are four fields in which APIs are driving forward the Internet of Things sector. These application programming interfaces boost business creation.
APIs allow new partners to be incorporated at a low cost, reaching niche channels more quickly and offering value to both clients and the company itself.
It is a set of functions or procedures used by computer programs to access operating system services, software libraries, or other systems.
They can help create companies and enlarge markets, generate new income, launch new products and recruit talent... These are just a few of the potential reasons to venture into the thrilling world of APIs and discover all their benefits.
PredictionIO, AT&T Speech, Wit.ai or Diffbot are four practical examples that prove that it is possible to emerge, grow and do business with machine learning and natural language recognition without the need for a big company's help.
The Mountain View giant has renewed its API console so developers can improve their experience and check the data faster.
Application development interfaces for Java, JavaScript, C, C++, PHP, HTML, Ruby, Python, Scala, Go... There are endless examples of syntax and tools such as editors, development frameworks and libraries which are difficult to harness if you don't have a browser to sort their use.
There are often situations that occur within companies that escape the knowledge of the management teams. Automatic learning APIs detect anomalies and help to solve problems. Here are a few examples.
The launch of the new REST system as a protocol for data exchange and management in Internet services completely revolutionized software development after 2000. Now almost every company or application has a REST API for business creation.
APIs have become the lifeblood of software. In the big business of the Internet of Things, application programming interfaces play an essential role in the collection, analysis, visualization and manipulation of data. Here are three good examples.
