{"id":1711,"date":"2020-02-17T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opennode.com\/blog\/?page_id=1711"},"modified":"2020-02-16T16:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T00:13:40","slug":"api","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/api\/","title":{"rendered":"API"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">API<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>An API is an acronym that is short for, \u201capplication programming interface\u201d. Software and technology companies build APIs so that software developers and engineers can utilize their technology in their own applications, programs, or code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.opennode.com\">OpenNode API<\/a> lets developers and store owners can use OpenNode\u2019s tools to create Bitcoin charges, refunds, withdrawals, conversions, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>What is an API? &#8211; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/343877\/what-is-an-api\/\">Howtogeek.com<\/a><\/li><li><em>OpenNode Docs Portal<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.opennode.com\/\">opennode.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>API An API is an acronym that is short for, \u201capplication programming interface\u201d. 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