AI Glossary term

API

A way for your code to talk to a service. You send a request, you get a structured response back.

Also called: application programming interface

A way for your code to talk to a service. You send a request, you get a structured response back.

Why it mattersAnything beyond copy-pasting into a chat window goes through an API.

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