Comment on Show HN: Given an API, Generate client libraries in Node, Python, PHP, RubyComments−pjmlp12yCan we please stop calling Web Services APIs?−alok-g12yOr probably put "Web Services API" in the title: "Given a Web Services API, Generate ...".−rhizome3112yOr just "Web API", short but specific.−AznHisoka12yWhy? what else do you call APIs?−thu12yLibraries have APIs too.−johnnyio12yWin32 API for example−pjmlp12yLibraries and operating systems have APIs.Web sites have Web Services using REST, XML-RPC, SOAP, whatever as communication protocol.
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Can we please stop calling Web Services APIs?
Or probably put "Web Services API" in the title: "Given a Web Services API, Generate ...".
Or just "Web API", short but specific.
Why? what else do you call APIs?
Libraries have APIs too.
Win32 API for example
Libraries and operating systems have APIs.
Web sites have Web Services using REST, XML-RPC, SOAP, whatever as communication protocol.