Web Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) specify how to access services and data over the network, typically using Web services. Web APIs are rapidly proliferating as a key element to foster reusability, integration, and innovation, enabling new consumption models such as mobile or smart TV apps. Companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, eBay or Netflix receive billions of API calls every day from thousands of different third-party applications and devices, which constitutes more than half of their total traffic.
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