UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHP AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN APIs AND MICRO-SERVICES
Nitheesh Nayak, B Suma · Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research · 2021
When discussing software architecture and integrations one have probably heard two extravagant sounding terms tossed around: APIs and microservices. The two ideas are vital to web application improvement and plan today and their uses certainly overlap. However, it’s important to recognize the differences between microservices and APIs and how they’re applied. This way, one can have more productive and insightful conversations with developers and better understand the applications you use and sell. In this paper, we'll start by defining APIs and microservices separately: what they do, how they work, and why they're important. Hence, we'll perceive how APIs and microservices fit together and differences among them