API

Introduction:

This tutorial will be on how to use an API which returns a JSON format of information in PHP.

API? JSON?

An API stands for an Application Program Interface and is used by external applications to connect with prebuilt libraries or sources of information via the API making the connection between the two. JSON is a form of information formatting, and stands for JavaScript Object Notation.

Introduction: This tutorial is on how to use an API in PHP. What Is An API? An API is an Application Programming Interface and is used as a middle stepping stone for external applications to use the functions of an internal application. An example of this would be the Skype API. The Skype API allows external applications on the users computer to access their Skype account via the Skype4ComLib API. REST API: There are a few different types of APIs, we'll be using an example REST in this tutorial.

Introduction: This tutorial is on how to use encryption to transfer data securely, or at least more seucrely than plain text, from a Visual Basic application (or other source) to a PHP API. Why Cryptography? Cryptography should be used for all sensitive information being used in public release applications, or if the data is sent cross-networks.

Introduction: This tutorial we will be creating a simple PHP API for a website. This is useful for if you have a website which you want users to be able to interact with in third party programs seamlessly. Our API will only write a file and check if it already exists, you can make yours write to a database etc. Steps of Creation: PHP API Step 1: First we are going to create our PHP API and once that is finished we will create a simple Visual Basic application to use the API.