# 16 API Terms You Should Know

DevFeed: [16 API Terms You Should Know](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/16-api-terms-you-should-know-17734.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.amigoscode.com/p/16-api-terms-you-should-know>)

Author: Nelson Djalo

Published: 2025-04-23T16:02:38Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Amigoscode Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/amigoscode-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>)

## AI overview

A plain-English tutorial explaining essential API terminology through simple definitions and everyday analogies. The supplied text covers concepts including resources, requests, responses, response codes, payloads, pagination, methods, query parameters, authentication, rate limiting, and API integration.

## Source excerpt

Learn 16 essential API terms explained in plain English