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by pjmlp 4545 days ago
Can we please stop calling Web Services APIs?
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alok-g 4545 days ago
Or probably put "Web Services API" in the title: "Given a Web Services API, Generate ...".
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rhizome31 4545 days ago
Or just "Web API", short but specific.
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AznHisoka 4545 days ago
Why? what else do you call APIs?
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thu 4545 days ago
Libraries have APIs too.
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johnnyio 4545 days ago
Win32 API for example
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pjmlp 4545 days ago
Libraries and operating systems have APIs.

Web sites have Web Services using REST, XML-RPC, SOAP, whatever as communication protocol.

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