What is API?

An API is an abbreviation that stands for Application Programming Interface. An API makes it possible for a website (web application) to offer an 'input' to another website. Through this gateway, the different websites can communicate with each other and exchange data.

To explain an API in simple terms, we often make the comparison with a plug and a socket. A multiple socket can be seen as the website, and the plug in this case as an API. If the plug fits the socket, they can communicate with each other.

Many websites and web applications have APIs nowadays, including FreshPortal. We also call them "links" because they link FreshPortal to other systems.