July 2017
Beginner to intermediate
378 pages
10h 26m
English
APIs are a way for other processes, software, or services to access analytics code that you have created. It allows you to easily reuse your code in other applications. You can also allow your customers to directly access this functionality through web-based APIs.
An API builds on of encapsulation principle. It is a defined list of supported actions and information that another system can call and retrieve. The calling system does not need to know how the action is performed or the information created and retrieved. The complexity is hidden.
The API defines how to interact with an encapsulated set of analytic processes. It abstracts away the details. It also supports low friction change as the ...