APIs
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What is APIs?
An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a standardized interface that allows software applications and automation tools to communicate with network devices and services programmatically, without a human typing commands manually into a CLI. In networking, APIs are the foundation of modern automation: when a Python script configures a switch, when Ansible pushes a change to a router, or when Terraform creates a cloud network, they are all talking to devices and platforms through an API under the hood.
Free resources to learn APIs
More in stage 26: APIs for Networking
APIs: common questions
Can I learn APIs in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain APIs in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this APIs tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 170 of 195 in the free Network Engineer roadmap, in stage 26, APIs for Networking. If you are new to Network Engineer, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.