What is the full form of API

API: Application Programming Interface

API stands for Application Program Interface. API is an interface or communication protocol that allows two applications to talk to each other.

is a tool set that programmers can use in helping them create software. A good API will have clear and concise commands that a programmer can use and reuse, so they don’t have to build everything over again.

API Examples

As you continue learning programming, and specific languages in particular, you’ll interact frequently with APIs. The Java programming language is loaded with APIs that you can use. In fact, many functions are nested within APIs and it’s up to you to import them into your code.

For example, if you’re dealing with dates, you’ll need to import the Java API for dates, like the kind you can see below.

Import Java.util.Date;

We used the keyword import, followed by the name of the API. Java uses the import.

Now we can create a new date object and perform some action with that. Without having imported the API, the following code wouldn’t work.

Date today = New Date();