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route vs api

Innocent Iguana answered on February 10, 2024 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 3/10

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- API:
    - A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other.
    - Used to access and manipulate resources
    - generally works with data
    - used in form of xml or JSON
    - eg : `{id: 42, type: employee, company: 5}`
- Route : 
    - Defines when a particular URL is accessed, how request should be processed, and what response should be returned
    - path of a webpage or website
    - A layer above API, can be used alongside with API to include the API's functionality
    - eg: `localhost:8080/employees/42`
- Endpoint:
    - The gateway or port that allows/exposes communication channel
    - API or Route
    - eg: `GET localhost:8080/employees/42`

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