APIs vs Webhooks

An API (Application Programming Interface) enables two-way communication between software applications driven by requests. A Webhook is a lightweight API that powers one-way data sharing triggered by events. Together, they enable applications to share data and functionality, and turn the web into something greater than the sum of its parts.

This video dives into the differences between these two technologies, and demonstrates both of them at work in a data forwarding use case with mParticle.

[VK-pkuz]

So a webhook is just a POST-endpoint whereas an API is a whole host of endpoints?

[jacobyoung]

Risk his phone to teach us, thank you.

[jaymarcase]

You did a great job of explaining that.

[rhiwdvt]

do they really write opposite for camera?

[ifeoluwaajiboye]

What if i have a video hosted on airtable, do i still to use the "get a file" module to post on my YouTube

[tknayak]

You made it more difficult to understand

[sushik]

Crappy explanation. I should have known halfway through that since u arent using a dark theme in postman u arent a real developer

[johnmcway]

so I can't send an API request as soon as an event takes place?

cant this be achieved in the exact same way?

function send_message():
# code
request.post(status, details)


How is using webhooks different?