When I first saw the word “API” I thought to myself: “what the heck is API?” API seems confusing to people until they understand what it stands for:\u00a0Application Programming Interface. In Jer’s article ART AND THE API, he defines API as a bridge that allows computer programs to communicate. But how is it related to art ? Well, according to Jer, API can be extremely useful for media artists because it enables them to “makes a permanent link between two applications, one whose pitch and timbre can change as the data themselves are updated.”<\/p>\n
An example of the use of API in the art world could be the \u00a0Met collection API. It\u00a0is the Met\u2019s Open Access datasets that are available through a RESTful web service in JSON format. The API provides access to all of the Met\u2019s Open Access data and to corresponding high resolution images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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