This article will help you understand what APIs are without the pervasive (and unhelpful) jargon surrounding them. It will also include a code sample that you can run, right here in your browser, to access one of my favorite publicly available publicly available APIs the Reddit API. This article is for the sales analysts, executives, HR specialists, and others with no programming background, but who have a growing need to interact with and understand the growing world of Web APIs. The people who need accurate data the most are being locked out of accessing it because of this complex web of transmission.”]
Source: https://medium.com/@TebbaVonMathenstien/what-is-an-api-and-why-should-i-use-one-863c3365726b