API vs SDK

• API (Application Programming Interface)

  • Communication
  • Abstraction → Hide complexity
  • Most standard we saw
    • REST, GraphQL, SOAP
    • REST (Representational State Transfer)
      • Contains: operation, parameter (optional), endpoint
        • Operation ⊂ HTTP method {GET, POST, PUT, DELETE}

• SDK (Software Development Kit)

  • SDK allows developers to submit requests without having to construct every block.
    • Developer just input something

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