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Online API ↔ Software to expose access to remote Web Service/SaaS

API Key​

string password to access Online API

API Endpoint​

Resource Path to point to specific REST Resource

API Request​

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random.org​

Online API RNG to generate Cryptographically Secure number

Stripe​

Payment RESTful API SaaS

Checkly​

Online API to supercharge Playwright with screencap, API checks, Web Vitals, CRON Jobs, Vercel Int - 2wk trial then $30/m

Firebase​

Google BaaS to manage cloud db/storage infra

Online API can process data Reqs & Res with data

Online API expose methods to interact with online app/service/plat

Can be public or private, & may require API Keys for access

Web Service​

API to access over HTTP

JSON API​

Online API, often RESTful, to organize & provide data in JSON format

ElasticSearch​

powerful Search Engine API notoriously hard to set up?! GP high config can do everything but complex

Algolia​

$$$ Online API Search Engine Proprietary SaaS Host & Analytics via RESTful API - $$$ charge by ANY operation or # records ☠

Source: www.algolia.com/doc/

typesense​

FOSS ⚡🔍Search Engine X-lang/X-plat Client API - free to self-host

Sources: typesense.org/ typesense.org/docs/0.23.1/api/ www.npmjs.com/package/typesense

References​

  1. API Key ↔ string password to access Online API

  2. Public Key ↔ API Key to connect Frontend to Online API, safe to expose to public

  3. Secret Key ↔ API Key to connect Backend to Online API, access to sensitive internals/accounts - unsafe to expose

  4. reCAPTCHA ↔ Google Online API for CAPTCHA. v2.0

  5. GraphQL ↔ Query Language with Type Sys/Schema to fetch/mutate (graph-like) data on Backend API/Online API. To fix Overfetch/Underfetch. X-lang

  6. jsonplaceholder ↔ Online API to provide dummy REST JSON HTTP Response

  7. random.org ↔ Online API RNG to generate Cryptographically Secure number

  8. useAuth() ↔ async Custom Hook to get Auth state from Backend/Online API

  9. RESTful API ↔ Online API conform to REST

  10. API Route ↔ route to endpoint to access Online API, usually via REST

  11. SendGrid ↔ Online API to manage mass-email mailing/marketing campaigns

  12. Yelp ↔ Online API business yellowpage with contact/reviews/location/etc

  13. polyfill-library ↔ Lib to request Online API to remotely load Polyfill Bundle based on UA Client. cur ver v3

  14. Algolia ↔ $$$ Online API Search Engine Proprietary SaaS Host & Analytics via RESTful API - $$$ charge by ANY operation or # records ☠

  15. Microservices ↔ cloud-native Functional Paradigm to architect App by split functions into Containerize service to deploy as Online API

  16. Checkly ↔ Online API to supercharge Playwright with screencap, API checks, Web Vitals, CRON Jobs, Vercel Int - 2wk trial then $30/m

  17. WebPageTest ↔ Online API to audit Web Vitals free starter plan

  18. JSON API ↔ Online API, often RESTful, to organize & provide data in JSON format