Well, now, the simplest definition of API is, API is a piece of code that handles the interaction between the front end and the back end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, imagine you go into a restaurant, a five-star restaurant. You go into the restaurant, you find a table and sit. Now, that side of the restaurant you see, the ambiance, the lightings, the tables, flowers etc. When you go into an aesthetically pleasing restaurant, you are attracted by the aesthetic, the ambiance, and you end up taking photos of the place. That is the frontend of that restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a backend of the restaurant too. Those guys that handle the cooking. The place that is just noisy and you could just hear them shout, “Make this order, do this one,” that is the back end, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you get into a restaurant, you don’t just walk straight into the kitchen and say, “Hey? I need rice and chicken.” It doesn’t work that way, right? You go into a restaurant, you sit down, you call the waiter, “Hey? I want to place an order for rice and chicken.” The waiter takes your order, goes to the kitchen, and gives it to them. “Somebody ordered for rice and chicken.” Now, the guys in the kitchen, they will prepare the meal and do everything they need to do, and give it back to the waiter to bring it to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, everything that has just happened is the same thing that happens in web development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So in this restaurant example, the waiter is the API<\/strong>. The waiter takes your request (your order), sends it to the kitchen (the back end), and then brings the finished meal back to you (the front end).<\/p>\n\n\n\n You never interact directly with the kitchen, and the kitchen never interacts directly with you. The waiter handles the communication between both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is exactly how APIs work in web development. The front end sends a request through an API, the back end processes that request, and the API returns the response back to the front end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Majali Company<\/strong> is one of the fastest-growing modern service companies in Kenya, providing innovative digital, creative, and lifestyle solutions for individuals and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our services include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Website design and development Majali focuses on delivering modern, efficient, and professional services that help businesses and creators grow their presence both online and offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Majali Company<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udf0d Website: https:\/\/majalicompany.co.ke<\/a> Reach out to Majali to build your digital presence, grow your brand, or bring your creative and business ideas to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, now, the simplest definition of API is, API is a piece of code that handles the interaction between the front end and the back end. Now, imagine you go…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-web-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/majalicompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Majali Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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