Microservices vs API

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November 16th 2020How To Guides 5 min read One of the most popular ways to consume data from a web service is through a web application programming interface (API). By interface, we are referring to an agreement, or schema, that anyone using this API must abide by.

Typically, modern web APIs follow the RESTful architectural design style that is loosely based on HTTP methods.

Microservice architecture (MSA) attempts to solve this problem by breaking down your monolithic application’s logic into small chunks (i.e. services).

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