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{{Other uses|OpenAPI (disambiguation){{!}}OpenAPI}}
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An '''open API''' (often referred to as a public API) is a publicly available [[application programming interface]] that provides developers with programmatic access to a (possibly proprietary) [[Application software|software application]] or [[web service]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://readwrite.com/2013/09/19/api-defined|title = What APIs Are And Why They're Important|date = September 19, 2013|access-date = 28 October 2015|website = Readwrite|last = Proffitt|first = Brian}}</ref> Open APIs are APIs that are published on the [[internet]] and are free to access by consumers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is open API? - Definition from WhatIs.com |url=http://searchcloudapplications.techtarget.com/definition/open-API |access-date=2015-10-26 |website=SearchCloudApplications |archive-date=2017-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430125419/http://searchcloudapplications.techtarget.com/definition/open-API |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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