How does API Integration work? Knowing how API integration works can be as simple as considering ordering a custom cake from a bakery (or I'm trying to break it down for you in a way that I can conceive). You have certain specifications: maybe a chocolate cake with raspberry filling and a personalized message. Here's the process: Step 1: Place an API call or request (or order) And just like you would let the bakery know precisely what you're after, in cyberspace one software program is instructing another software program what to do by an API. In that request is everything you need to know: what info they're required to pull in or what process has to happen. It may mean passing through an API key for safe integration of the data. Step 2: Process the request (or bake the cake) After the bakery has received your order, the bakers begin preparing the cake according to your request. Likewise, the receiving application executes the API request. It examines what is being re...