Over half of the respondents working with application programming interfaces (APIs) felt that their APIs did not break or change often enough to matter, according to a 2020 state of the API survey. An API is a software intermediary that enables applications to interact with each other. An API can be a web-based system, database system, etc.
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Postman. (September 18, 2020). Frequency of application programming interface (API) breakages and changes worldwide as of 2020, by API category [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/1083219/worldwide-api-performance/
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