Cloud SDK

Definitions

1. A software development kit that provides language-specific libraries and helpers for interacting with a cloud provider's APIs. Cloud SDKs handle authentication, request signing, retries, pagination, and typed resource models so developers do not need to handcraft every API call.

   In plain English: A developer toolkit for programming against cloud APIs.

   Example: "The service used the cloud SDK to create ephemeral credentials and upload artifacts without implementing the provider's signing algorithm from scratch."

Related Terms

• Metadata
• Toolkit
• API Client
• API Documentation
• API Endpoint
• API Error
• API Integration
• Client SDK
• Cloud API