The power of API
All of us must have heard API though we might or might not have complete knowledge about it. Ever wondered how a person who is texting from his WhatsApp can communicate with another person on any company’s portal. Here API comes into the Picture.
API stands for Application Programming Interface, though
as cliché as it may sound, its work is similar to mentioned in its full form.
It acts as an interface to connect two apps, platform. Let me elaborate this
with an example: Suppose you want to eat something, but you don’t even want to
go outside because of the Sun, so you order online and got food delivered by a
delivery boy. In this way, you protected yourself from exposing to the Sun. API
performs the same function if two portals want to communicate with each other
without sharing much information.
With WhatsApp API, communication can be established
between a website or any app and WhatsApp. This is so crucial as WhatsApp has
become so handy for the people, and they love it when they get all the
information on WhatsApp and can manage few essential things as well. That’s why
apps such as Goibibo, Bookmyshow they all have started leveraging service of
Whatsapp Business API. Who knows API may have more surprises for us in the
future.
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