JSON API

Definitions

1. An application programming interface that sends and receives data encoded as JSON, typically over HTTP. In practice the term often implies REST-style endpoints with structured request and response bodies rather than form posts, HTML, or XML payloads.

   In plain English: It is a web service that exchanges data in JSON format instead of web pages meant for humans.

   Example: "The mobile app only needs the JSON API, so we can decouple it from the server-rendered admin UI."

Related Terms

• JSON Path
• JSON Schema
• JSON-LD
• Message Format
• Network Protocol
• Pretty Print
• Request Handler
• Request-Response
• Route
• Schema Validation
• Streaming
• API Design
• API Endpoint
• API Framework
• API Pagination
• API Specification
• API Wrapper
• Audio API
• Cache Control
• Cache Proxy
• Content Encoding
• Custom Serializer