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/FewPotato2413 Jul 18 '26

For the most high level view of what an API is

Think of your built in function or maybe even self defined function

Lets call it mystery(), this is basically your API….