What is an External API?

An API (Application Programming Interface) allows a software developer to interact with another piece of software programmatically. For example, imagine you would like to always show the latest exchange rate for EUR and USD on your website. Without an API you would need to continually update your website manually and enter the latest exchange rate. But if you would use an exchange rate API like Fixer, the rate can be automatically updated on your website.
There are countless APIs available on the internet for almost every use case, waiting to be used in a project.

Need help with API integration?

I can help you integrate an external API into your project. Be it the integration of a WordPress Plugin based API like Gravity Forms, or the use of a REST or XML API. I have worked on numerous API integrations, for example the WP.org Plugin API on WPSearch, or the CoinMarketCap Api integration into a Cryptocurrency Ticker. I don’t want to brag, but I am also one of only a handful of developers, who ever integrated the BazaarVoice Api into WooCommerce

There are so many possibilities out there to incorporate API’s into your website or web app. Please get in touch if you need any advice or help with it.