API request

An API request contains the following components

• Endpoint: An API endpoint is a URL that provides access to a specific resource. For example, the article’s end point in w3wiki would contain the logic for processing all requests that are related to articles.
• Methods: The request method includes the type of operation that the client needs to perform on a given resource. REST APIs are accessible through standard HTTP methods, which perform common actions like retrieving, creating, updating, and deleting data.
• Parameters: Parameters are the variables that are passed to an API endpoint to provide specific instructions for the API to process. These parameters can be included in the API request as part of the URL, in the query string, or in the request body. For example, the /articles endpoint of a blogging API might accept a “topic” parameter, which it would use to access and return articles on a specific topic.
• Request headers : Request headers are key-value pairs that provide extra details about the request, such as its content type or authentication credentials.
• Request body: The body is the main part of the request, and it includes the actual data that is required to create, update, or delete a resource. For instance, if you were creating a new article in w3wiki, the request body would likely include the article’s content, title, and author.

API stands for Application Programming Interface which helps software applications communicate with each other to exchange data, features, and functionality. This exchanged data is in the form of HTML, JSON, XML, and Text. In this article, we will discuss the workings of API.

We will discuss the following components of an API and how an API works: