Overview
API stands for Application programming interface. An API is a software-to-software interface that allows for separate parties to talk to each other without any previous user knowledge or intervention. It runs the processes behind the scenes. For example: the shipping integration ShipStation uses AmeriCommerce's API to send and receive shipping and order information from AmeriCommerce to the ShipStation application.
REST API
REST stands for Representational State Transfer. REST is a broad software architectural style that can be implemented different ways; however, most REST APIs are based on making HTTP calls to specific URLS (often called Endpoints) and sending/receiving either JSON or XML to get and update data.
For more information on our REST API, see:
- AmeriCommerce Online Store REST API Documentation
- AmeriCommerce Online Store REST API Endpoints
- API Scopes
- REST API Authentication
- Making REST API Requests