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28.1: What is AJAX? - Coggle Diagram
28.1: What is AJAX?
so far we have only worked with requests
but can also make requests in JS
using
AXIOS
XMLHTTP
fetch API
to fetch
data
we do this with
API'
s
that fetch full web pages
consisting of
HTML
CSS
JS
what is an API?
A
pplication
P
rogramming
I
nterface
any
interface that allows
one piece of software
to interact with
another piece of software
even on another computer
not just about the web
but in a
web development
context
we're usually referring to
web API's
that work
over HTTP
what is a web API?
exposes an
endpoint
a URL
that
responds
with
data
in
JSON
format
a
portal
into
an application
or a database
A
synchronous
J
avascript
A
nd
X
ml
even though, these days
most data is in the
JSON
format
AJAJ
doesn't have the same ring :smiley: