API Integration

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. The connection between two systems using an API so data or actions can flow between them reliably. API integrations often involve authentication, retries, data mapping, webhooks, rate limits, and monitoring to cope with real-world failures and contract changes.

    In plain English: Connecting systems together by having one use another's API.

    Example: "The CRM API integration needed a queue because direct synchronous calls were timing out during vendor-side maintenance windows."

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