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API Basics Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext (but were afraid to ask) If you’re even marginally around the tech world, you’ve probably heard of APIs. They’re an integral part of pretty much everything you do online, whether it’s on a computer or in an app. So, it’s natural that you want...

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API Basics Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext (but were afraid to ask) If you’re even marginally around the tech world, you’ve probably heard of APIs. They’re an integral part of pretty much everything you do online, whether it’s on a computer or in an app. So, it’s natural that you want...

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Understanding APIs Guide An API ecosystem is complex and vast, as are the critical technologies that make APIContext the most advanced API Monitoring solution on the market. This guide covers everything from how monitoring fits into your DevOps world, what other technologies you ought to be looking at and what are the critical technologies behind...

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APIContext User Guide APIContext can meet your monitoring needs for your API stacks. These guides help outline some of the key features and services that we offer, including guides to how to use us for certain types of monitoring like Open Banking or SLA tracking. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate...

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Free API Tools​ APIContext offers a free set of tools and datasets to help with decision making for your APIs – in addition to our Knowledge Base, we have dashboards of standard API performance and free regional data. We also provide a complete network of API reference servers to test against which provide insight into...

Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext (but were afraid to ask)

If you’re even marginally around the tech world, you’ve probably heard of APIs. They’re an integral part of pretty much everything you do online, whether it’s on a computer or in an app. So, it’s natural that you want to know more about them. Our API Information Knowledge Base is designed to help guide you through. For example – what the heck is an API? What kinds of API data are there? How can you test it before you go live, and how can you monitor an API to make sure it’s doing what you want it to do? And what is something called REST?! Sounds like it’s slacking off. So, you have questions. And lucky for you, here at APIContext, we’ve got answers. Answers to questions you were embarrassed to ask, and even some questions you didn’t know you needed to ask. So without further ado, please check out our knowledge base, linked to the left. And make sure to visit every once in a while, as we’ll be adding more so you can talk about APIs with confidence – no matter who you are! Even if it’s your job to explain them to others, these articles might give you some help in doing so. They’re written for people who are not experts. And if you want to know about some specific we haven’t covered here, then just let us know – we’re here to help. Happy reading!

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# Knowledge Base

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Description: API Basics Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext \(but were afraid to ask\) If you’re even marginally around the tech world, you’ve probably heard of APIs\. They’re an integral part of pretty much everything you do online, whether it’s on a computer or in an app\. So, it’s natural that you want\.\.\.

## Summary
API Basics Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext \(but were afraid to ask\) If you’re even marginally around the tech world, you’ve probably heard of APIs\. They’re an integral part of pretty much everything you do online, whether it’s on a computer or in an app\. So, it’s natural that you want\.\.\.

## Page sections

### Browse Knowledge Base
Category: Catalog
API Basics Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext \(but were afraid to ask\) If you’re even marginally around the tech world, you’ve probably heard of APIs\. They’re an integral part of pretty much everything you do online, whether it’s on a computer or in an app\. So, it’s natural that you want\.\.\.

- [API Testing: Frequently Asked Questions](/api-knowledge-base/api-testing)
- [What Is An API?](/api-knowledge-base/what-is-an-api)
- [RESTful APIs Explained](/api-knowledge-base/restful-apis)
- [Cloud APIs](/api-knowledge-base/apis/cloud-api)
- [API Examples](/api-knowledge-base/api-examples)
- [REST API](/api-knowledge-base/rest-api)
- [Bank APIs](/api-knowledge-base/apis/bank-api)
- [Understanding the API Economy](/api-knowledge-base/apis)
- [API Monitoring Basics](/api-knowledge-base/api-monitoring)
- [API Tutorials](/api-knowledge-base/api-tutorials)
- [Government APIs](/api-knowledge-base/apis/government-api)
- [Open APIs](/api-knowledge-base/apis/open-api)

### Browse Understanding APIs
Category: Foundations
Understanding APIs Guide An API ecosystem is complex and vast, as are the critical technologies that make APIContext the most advanced API Monitoring solution on the market\. This guide covers everything from how monitoring fits into your DevOps world, what other technologies you ought to be looking at and what are the critical technologies behind\.\.\.

- [API Gateway](/understanding-api/api-gateway)
- [API Ratings](/understanding-api/api-ratings)
- [API Monitoring For Dummies](/understanding-api/api-monitoring-for-dummies)
- [Service Level Objectives](/understanding-api/service-level-objectives-and-slas)
- [APIContext Global Coverage](/understanding-api/apimetrics-global-coverage)
- [Advanced API Monitoring](/understanding-api/advanced-api-monitoring)
- [Why API Monitoring – Problems](/understanding-api/why-api-monitoring-problems)
- [KPIs for APIs – Key Performance Indicators](/understanding-api/api-kpis)
- [CASC – Cloud API Service Consistency Score](/understanding-api/casc-score-cloud-api-service-consistency)
- [SLA for APIs: Monitoring Your API SLA \(Service Level Agreement\)](/understanding-api/api-sla-management)

### Browse APIContext User Guide
Category: Product
APIContext User Guide APIContext can meet your monitoring needs for your API stacks\. These guides help outline some of the key features and services that we offer, including guides to how to use us for certain types of monitoring like Open Banking or SLA tracking\. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate\.\.\.

- [API Monitoring Frequency – how much is too much?](/apicontext-user-guide/api-monitoring-frequency-how-much-is-too-much)
- [Tutorial: Handling Microsoft Graph API Auth](/apicontext-user-guide/microsoft_graph_api_auth)
- [Customer Case Studies](/apicontext-user-guide/customer-case-studies)
- [APIContext Case Study Power Utility](/apicontext-user-guide/customer-case-studies/apimetrics-case-study-power-utility)
- [APIContext Case Study Government APIs](/apicontext-user-guide/customer-case-studies/apimetrics-case-study-government-apis)
- [Automated Postman Collection Monitoring](/apicontext-user-guide/automated-postman-collection-monitoring)
- [Make an API Call](/apicontext-user-guide/make-an-api-call)
- [APIContext AI\-Based Reporting and Analytics](/apicontext-user-guide/apicontext-ai-based-reporting-and-analytics)
- [Easy DNS Monitoring with APIContext](/apicontext-user-guide/easy-dns-monitoring-with-apimetrics)
- [Tutorial: Schedule API Calls](/apicontext-user-guide/tutorial-scheduling-api-calls)
- [Types of API Calls](/apicontext-user-guide/types-api-calls)
- [PSD2](/apicontext-user-guide/psd2)
- [API Monitoring Features](/apicontext-user-guide/features-2)
- [Who Uses APIContext](/apicontext-user-guide/who-uses-apimetrics)
- [White Papers](/apicontext-user-guide/customer-case-studies/white-papers)

### Browse Free API Tools
Category: Tools
Free API Tools​ APIContext offers a free set of tools and datasets to help with decision making for your APIs – in addition to our Knowledge Base, we have dashboards of standard API performance and free regional data\. We also provide a complete network of API reference servers to test against which provide insight into\.\.\.

- [Cross Cloud API Latency Analysis](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/cross-cloud-api-latency-analysis)
- [HTTPbin Network](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/free-test-api)
- [US Government API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/us-government-api-rating-dashboard)
- [UK Government API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/uk-government-api-rating-dashboard)
- [Social Networking API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/social-networking-api-rating-dashboard)
- [Search API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/search-api-rating-dashboard)
- [PSD2 Sandbox API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/psd2-sandbox-api-rating-dashboard)
- [Cryptocurrency Exchange API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/cryptocurrency-exchange-api-rating-dashboard)
- [COVID19 API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/covid19-api-rating-dashboard)
- [Corporate API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/corporate-api-rating-dashboard)
- [CMA9 Open Data API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/cma9-open-data-api-rating-dashboard-2)
- [API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards)

### Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext \(but were afraid to ask\)
If you’re even marginally around the tech world, you’ve probably heard of APIs\. They’re an integral part of pretty much everything you do online, whether it’s on a computer or in an app\. So, it’s natural that you want to know more about them\. Our API Information Knowledge Base is designed to help guide you through\. For example – what the heck is an API? What kinds of API data are there? How can you test it before you go live, and how can you monitor an API to make sure it’s doing what you want it to do? And what is something called REST?\! Sounds like it’s slacking off\. So, you have questions\. And lucky for you, here at APIContext, we’ve got answers\. Answers to questions you were embarrassed to ask, and even some questions you didn’t know you needed to ask\. So without further ado, please check out our knowledge base, linked to the left\. And make sure to visit every once in a while, as we’ll be adding more so you can talk about APIs with confidence – no matter who you are\! Even if it’s your job to explain them to others, these articles might give you some help in doing so\. They’re written for people who are not experts\. And if you want to know about some specific we haven’t covered here, then just let us know – we’re here to help\. Happy reading\!

### Ready To Start Monitoring?
Want to learn more? Sign up now and start using the product immediately\.

## Key facts
- Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext \(but were afraid to ask\)
- Ready To Start Monitoring?
- API Testing: Frequently Asked Questions
- What Is An API?
- RESTful APIs Explained
- Cloud APIs
- API Examples
- REST API
- Bank APIs
- Understanding the API Economy
- API Gateway
- API Ratings
- API Monitoring For Dummies
- Service Level Objectives
- APIContext Global Coverage
- Advanced API Monitoring
- Why API Monitoring – Problems
- KPIs for APIs – Key Performance Indicators
- API Monitoring Frequency – how much is too much?
- Tutorial: Handling Microsoft Graph API Auth
- Customer Case Studies
- APIContext Case Study Power Utility
- APIContext Case Study Government APIs
- Automated Postman Collection Monitoring
- Make an API Call
- APIContext AI\-Based Reporting and Analytics
- Cross Cloud API Latency Analysis
- HTTPbin Network
- US Government API Ratings Dashboards
- UK Government API Ratings Dashboards
- Social Networking API Ratings Dashboards
- Search API Ratings Dashboards
- PSD2 Sandbox API Ratings Dashboards
- Cryptocurrency Exchange API Ratings Dashboards
- Everything you needed to know about APIs and APIContext \(but were afraid to ask\) If you’re even marginally around the tech world, you’ve probably heard of APIs\.
- They’re an integral part of pretty much everything you do online, whether it’s on a computer or in an app\.
- So, it’s natural that you want to know more about them\.

## Primary entities
- APIContext
- API Knowledge Base
- Knowledge Base
- API monitoring

## Primary links
- [Human knowledge base view](/api-knowledge-base)
- [API Testing: Frequently Asked Questions](/api-knowledge-base/api-testing)
- [What Is An API?](/api-knowledge-base/what-is-an-api)
- [RESTful APIs Explained](/api-knowledge-base/restful-apis)
- [Cloud APIs](/api-knowledge-base/apis/cloud-api)
- [API Examples](/api-knowledge-base/api-examples)
- [REST API](/api-knowledge-base/rest-api)
- [API Gateway](/understanding-api/api-gateway)
- [API Ratings](/understanding-api/api-ratings)
- [API Monitoring For Dummies](/understanding-api/api-monitoring-for-dummies)
- [Service Level Objectives](/understanding-api/service-level-objectives-and-slas)
- [APIContext Global Coverage](/understanding-api/apimetrics-global-coverage)
- [Advanced API Monitoring](/understanding-api/advanced-api-monitoring)
- [API Monitoring Frequency – how much is too much?](/apicontext-user-guide/api-monitoring-frequency-how-much-is-too-much)
- [Tutorial: Handling Microsoft Graph API Auth](/apicontext-user-guide/microsoft_graph_api_auth)
- [Customer Case Studies](/apicontext-user-guide/customer-case-studies)
- [APIContext Case Study Power Utility](/apicontext-user-guide/customer-case-studies/apimetrics-case-study-power-utility)
- [APIContext Case Study Government APIs](/apicontext-user-guide/customer-case-studies/apimetrics-case-study-government-apis)
- [Automated Postman Collection Monitoring](/apicontext-user-guide/automated-postman-collection-monitoring)
- [Cross Cloud API Latency Analysis](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/cross-cloud-api-latency-analysis)
- [HTTPbin Network](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/free-test-api)
- [US Government API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/us-government-api-rating-dashboard)
- [UK Government API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/uk-government-api-rating-dashboard)
- [Social Networking API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/social-networking-api-rating-dashboard)
- [Search API Ratings Dashboards](/apimetrics-free-api-tools-resources/api-ratings-dashboards/search-api-rating-dashboard)