Welcome to, "What is an API? Learn how web APIs work in modern web applications". An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a collection of predefined ways of interacting with a web application's data, often through an HTTP request-response cycle. This allows for consistent ways of accessing, updating, or deleting information stored in a database. In this video, you'll learn how a web API is used in modern web applications, and how it enables developers to access and manipulate data stored in a database. Whether you're new to web development or looking to deepen your knowledge, this video will give you a solid understanding of what an API is and how it works. You can find this codecademy course walkthrough at https://wewillcode.com/courses and you can find the original Codecademy lesson at, https://www.codecademy.com/courses/le... , thanks for watching, "What is an API? Learn how web APIs work in modern web applications. Codecademy's Learn Node-JS"