Layman's Guide to API documentation

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API stands for Application Programming Interface. API is an interface between system software and application software. API documentation deals with documenting the software code to help its users. These documents describe the programming interface of a product and explain how to integrate them with other products or systems. API and API documentation can be elaborated as below: 

API (Application Programming Interface) is the language that help system communicate each other. It serves as an intermediary that receives our commands and returns data responses using public methods, dedicated URLs, and properties. It also gives you access to a company’s data and database(s). 

API is neither a server nor a database. It is the code running over the lines that govern the access point(s) for the Server. API documentation describes what services an API offers and how to use those services. 

APIs are aimed at simplifying the complex data, in order to let the computers accomplish their work in less time possible. Depending upon the company and the requirements, the data can be convergent and have a single URL, on which the developers are allowed to search for the data, or it can be divided into small chunks and each is linked to a separate URL.

On the other hand, API documentation can be considered as a reference manual that contains the technical know-how of using an API in the most efficient and effective manner including the ways to integrate our application with an API. API documentation is also used to communicate with the objects within an application. API documentation rules the roost when it comes to the segment of application development and maintenance. The nature and form of the content that the documentation possesses differ from one API to another. 

API documentation defines and dictates the scope of that particular API. It also illustrates to the developers how to go about and even assist them with syntax and functionality. A well-written API documentation makes the developer work half-done.



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