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When to create an API instead of a web service?

MBony

MBony

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I am trying to understand when to write an API instead of creating a full blown web service. Can someone explain it to me? Also, can anyone refer me to some good API tutorials?
 
Your question is kind of vague. Are you just wanting to know in general, or is this for a specific scenario?
 
To answer in general terms...

Web services commonly expose APIs and/or business entities, etc. over http. If you're local, or really in any situation where you control both ends of the communication you'll want to use something more performant than web services.

In ASP.NET today this is WCF. Yesterday it was remoting.
 
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