What exactly is an API?

API is the acronym for Application Programming Interface, which is a software intermediary that allows two applications to talk to each other.

How to does an API work?

API is an interface that allows your application to interact with an external service using a simple set of commands.

Benefits of using an API?

API is like an open language, the rules of which are shared by a certain service. You can teach your application the rules of this language, so it can communicate with the service and access all the functions and data that the service is ready to share.

9 APIs popular with UK Developers & Free Alternatives List - March, 2023

APIs popular with UK Developers

List of APIs popular among UK developers.

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uNoGS

uNoGS (unofficial Netflix online Global Search) allows anyone to search the global Netflix catalog.

Urban Dictionary is the dictionary you write. This is the unofficial secret API.

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Premier League Live Scores

Premier League Live Scores API allows to retrieve historical data as well as current season results, scorers, lineups, substitutes, events, statistics, odds and much more all with live updates, for the top professional English football league. And more is coming...

The WebKnox Recipe API allows you to access over 330,000 recipes. It allows users to search for recipes using natural language such as "gluten free brownies without sugar". Furthermore, several widgets to visualize ingredient lists, price breakdowns, This Food API also contains thousands of information bits about ingredients such as nutrition, prices, tips, and more.

The WebKnox Jokes API allows you to access over 30,000 jokes, from Knock Knock puns to Chuck Norris jokes you will find a lot to laugh about.

The application generating random words is very useful not only as a tool for various parlor games but it is also essential for the authors of articles or literary works. The application is developed in cooperation with nlp centre. According to parameters entered by a user it returns a random word as a text.

Connect to the Openload File Sharing API to upload, share and edit any file. Test an API call in your browser and export the code snippet into your app.

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Minecraft

Minecraft API Web Service

0.2

127,260 ms

TuneIn

AIR is our broadcaster API. It offers several simple methods to allow broadcasters and other publishers to send radio directory content to TuneIn in realtime. When you implement the AIR API, your listeners will: See current artist album artwork on TuneIn.com player Discover your station by searching for your artists Browse station playlist history on TuneIn mobile and TuneIn.com Please e-mail broadcaster-support@tunein.com your TuneIn station URL (search for your station on TuneIn.com) for permission to use the API, and we will grant a partnerId and partnerKey. If you use a special broadcaster software, let us know as well.

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