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Curl is a command-line tool for making network requests to servers. It can be found on most UNIX-based systems ie: Linux and Mac OS. It can also be set up on Windows with a little bit of e...

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One of the things about APIs is that without accompanying documentation it's difficult to know what is available. On the other hand, most command-line tools, have the well know flag you can invoke to view all the options you can access. What if we could implement something similar to th...

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An API client is a tool used to test APIs. Software developers usually write client-side code to make API calls to a server, however, during the development of such systems, it's a lot more convenient to test those APIs using an API client instead of writing client code. API clients allow...

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API which is an acronym for Application Programming Interface is used to refer to any software implementation that enables two distinct systems to communicate with each other. In modern software development most of this communication is done over HTTP. APIs c...

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Postman can be used for a lot of things these days but at its core, it's an API client which is a term used to describe a tool used to interact and test APIs. One of the ways to test out APIs is to write code, however as a technical writer this is not always convenient so having...

Published 2 years ago

API stands for Application Programming Interface. It describes any software setup that allows software systems to communicate with one another. Servers are very powerful computers. Some have high computing power as well as ample storage capacities. Compare this to a mobile device, and it'...