Are you looking for APIs to use? Like online sales markets such as Amazon, Mercado Libre, or Facebook Marketplace, there is also a market for APIs. We will talk to you below about this incredible digital platform:
APIs are mechanisms that allow two software components to communicate with each other using a set of definitions and protocols. For example, the weather institute’s software system contains daily weather data. Your phone’s weather app connects with this system through APIs and shows you daily weather updates on your phone. The same thing happens when we order food online and see the map of the delivery man’s location. Google maps are connected through an API and then reach the APP of our phone. In case you didn’t know, API stands for “application programming interface”.
API architecture is often explained in terms of client and server. The application that sends the request is called the client, and the one that sends the response is called the server. In the food example, the google maps database is the server and the mobile app is the client. APIs can work in four different ways, depending on when and why they were created. SOAP API (messages are exchanged using XML), RPC API (client completes a function (or procedure) on the server, and the server returns the result to the client), WebSocket API (two-way communication between client and server), and REST API (the most popular and flexible ones found on the web today).
If you are looking to use an API for any of your services or need an API for your work, we recommend using Zyla API Hub. It is a marketplace API service, which has many APIs for you to use. We will give you more details so that you can better understand this system.
Why should you use Zyla API Hub?
First, you must understand what the main philosophy of Zyla API Hub is. Its main objective is to boost both the production and consumption of APIs, as it brings together supply and demand in one place. As described above, it’s like Amazon or Facebook Marketplace, developers offer their APIs on the platform and users consume them. This modality is much more comfortable for users since in one place they can find what they need.
How to find the API you need?
First, you need to enter the website “https://zylalabs.com/api-marketplace”. Once on the main screen, on the left, you will find a column with different categories, which are Weather, IP Geolocation, Machine Learning, Payments, Facial Recognition, Finance, OCR, Text Summarization, Data. Choose one and then the page will show you the available APIs. Otherwise, you can search the search engine with a more specific word like “commodities” and you will find if there is an API available to use.
What is the price for using the APIs?
Zyla API Hub understands that not all users can pay, which is why this marketplace guarantees that all APIs will have a no-charge version, so you can try them out and use them in your daily life. If you are satisfied with the work, you can also pay for a better plan, which will vary depending on the product.
Also published on Medium.