What is software integration?
Integration in software engineering means combining software parts (so-called subsystems) into one system. Integrated systems demonstrate better performance compared to the sum of all independent ones. What is more important, a holistic application delivers greater functional significance. It’s more convenient to distribute and use. Integrating is trending as never before these days. More and more mergeable systems appear on the Internet. Therefore, connecting with them is vital.
What is an API?
An API is an interface that allows apps to communicate with each other. This code controls access to an underlying system or subsystem. Much like a UI (user interface) allows a human user to interact with an app via a screen, keyboard, or another input device, the API (application programming interface) allows other software to interact with an app programmatically.
For example, an API might connect a software system’s front end (user interface and business logic) and the back end (database). Another API might connect various subsystems within a single application, such as connecting the contract subsystem to the organization subsystem. Both examples are internal APIs.
Yet another API (an external one this time) might enable data exchange with integration partners. In this example, the API is the connection point that an integration uses to access the underlying app and its data.
What is an API integration?
An API integration means connecting two or more applications via their APIs. When web applications advertise their integrations with other applications/websites, they do so via API integrations. For example: B2B eCommerce software like inventory management, shipping software, ERP, and similar applications must integrate with eCommerce platforms. As a result, they can get and manage store data from these platforms and perform their core functionality.
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