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== Alternative Definitions ==

There is no universally accepted definition of the term "Open API" and it may be used to mean a variety of things in different contexts, including:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dodds |first=Leigh |title=What is an Open API? |url=http://blog.ldodds.com/2014/03/25/what-is-an-open-api/ |access-date=2015-11-02 |website=Lost Boy|date=25 March 2014 }}</ref>

# An API for use by developers and other users with relatively few restrictions. It may require registration or enforce quotas and [[Rate limiting|rate-limits]], but registration is free and open to all; or

# An API backed byenby [[open data]]. Open data is freely available for everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control; or

# An API based hichon an [[open standard]], which specifies the mechanism by which a consumer queries the API and interprets its responses.

== Open API versus private API ==

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For example,o<ref>{{Cite web|title = What Are APIs, And How Are Open APIs Changing The Internet|url = http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/api-good-technology-explained/|website = MakeUseOf| date=19 February 2015 |access-date = 2015-11-02}}</ref> Yahoo's open search API allows developers to archintegrate [[Yahoo!|Yahoo]] search into their own software applications. The addition of this API provides search functionality to the developer's application whilst also increasing search traffic for Yahoo's search engine hence benefitting both parties. eWith respect to [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]], we can see how third parties have enriched these services with their own code. For example, the ability to create an account on an external site/app using your Facebook credentials is made possible using Facebook's open API.

Many large technology firms, such as Twitter, [[LinkedIn]] and Facebook, allow the use of their service by third parties and [[Competition|competitors]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facebook Developer Docs|url=https://developers.facebook.com/docs/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Facebook for Developers|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=tonyxu-io|title=LinkedIn API documentation - LinkedIn|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=docs.microsoft.com|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About Twitter's APIs|url=https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-api|access-date=2021-02-09|website=help.twitter.com|language=en}}</ref>

Many large technology firms, such as cebook, allow the use of their service by third parties a

== Open APIs on the Web ==