API stands for application programming interface, a concept that applies everywhere from command-line tools to enterprise Java code to Ruby on Rails web apps. An API is a way to programmatically interact with a separate software component or resource regardless of Operating System or Language.

APIs are also used to control access to hardware devices and software functions that an application may not necessarily have permission to use. That’s why APIs often play a big role in security.

APIs are used for all kinds of other reasons, too. For example, if you’ve ever seen a Google Maps object embedded on a website, that website is using the Google Maps API to embed that map. Google exposes APIs like this to web developers, who can then use the APIs to plop complex objects right on their website. If APIs like this didn’t exist, developers might have to create their own maps and provide their own map data just to put a little interactive map on a website.

And, because it’s an API, Google can control access to Google Maps on third-party websites, ensuring they use it in a consistent way rather than attempting to messily embed a frame that shows the Google Maps website, for example.

This applies to many different online services. There are APIs for requesting text translation from Google Translate, or embedding Facebook comments or tweets from Twitter on a website.

Whether you need help deploying a prefabricated API or you need one built from scratch, we have done it all.

Some of the popular APIs we have worked with-

• Google
• Azure
• Twitter
• Facebook
• QuickBooks
• Zero
• Sage
• Quill

We have also built many APIs from scratch to be used either internally in an organisation, or publicly available to everyone on the world wide web. We can build, maintain and document your API, and give you the latest technology to share with your customers.