Application programming interfaces: API policy—checklist

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Checklists

Application programming interfaces: API policy—checklist

Produced in partnership with Deirdre Moynihan of Kemp IT Law

Checklists
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In this Checklist, the following defined terms are relevant:

  1. application programming interface (API) means an application programming interface

  2. API Data means any data or other content on the Platform accessed by the Application or API Licensee, and/or transferred from the Platform to the Application using an API

  3. API Licensee means a provider of an Application that accesses the Platform/API

  4. API Licensor means the provider of a Platform/API

  5. Application means an application of an API Licensee that accesses an API

  6. Platform means a platform of an API Licensor that is accessed through an API

An API is a source code-based interface used by applications (more particularly, software components) to communicate with each other. The API is the external facing part of the application which defines the way in which that application will interact with other software. The developer does not need to understand the complete code of an application in order to develop a compatible program. As long as the program is compatible with the interface,

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