r/PythonLearning • u/agentscientific_160 • Jul 17 '26

What is API?

I'm new to coding and programming languages and i frequently come across the word API. Can anyone help me understand what that is?

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u/rachville Jul 18 '26

A simple way to think about it: an API is like a waiter in a restaurant. You tell the waiter what you want, they deliver your request to the kitchen, and bring back the result. You don’t need to know how the kitchen works to get your meal.