API (Application Programming Interface应用程序接口)

API is sometimes regarded as the contract and the contract means the agreement between the parties: if one party in a particular way to send the remote request, the agreement provides for the other side of the software will be how to respond to the API is through the cloud native application to connect to your own infrastructure of a simplified way, moreover also support you to the customer and other external users to share your data. Public APIs have unique business value because they simplify and extend your connections with partners and hopefully enable you to monetize your data (the Google Maps API is a well-known example of this).