The concept of API has appeared as early as the 1960s. It represents the programming interface of an application program, some pre-defined functions, or an agreement to connect different components of a software system.
In other words, the API is a messenger that delivers the user’s request to the provider requested by the user, and then delivers the response to the user.
Make a simple analogy. In our daily life, we often need to use computers to use information such as pictures and videos stored in mobile phones. Usually we use a data cable to connect the computer and the mobile phone, then the interface that connects the data cable at both ends is what we call the API interface.
But metaphors are metaphors after all, unable to touch the essence. This article is not a popular science article for API, so if we want to understand the real API, we still have to put ourselves in the current scene of API call data.
Then, in the face of various API interface open platforms on the market, how should users understand and select from the side?
After systematic screening and sorting, the following ten are selected from nearly 100 API interface service platforms for your reference (in no particular order).
1. Datapay (https://www.chinadatapay.com/)
Data treasure is China’s leading state-owned data asset agency operation service provider, with rich and diversified data, covering hundreds of data factor dimensions such as people, enterprises, vehicles, roads, energy, and the environment. It focuses on providing data governance and products for state-owned data resources. Data value-added generation operation services such as research and development, transaction circulation, and application monetization are among the few big data “national teams” in China that have the attributes of “state-owned equity participation, government supervision support, market-oriented operation, and legal operation qualifications for big data asset transactions”.
2. Tianyan data gathering (https://www.tianyandata.cn/)
Tianyan Shuju is a technology-driven company focusing on big data services and one of the first pioneers in China to devote itself to the big data industry. The company’s core business is based on big data, covering identity authentication, operators, bank cards, vehicles, medical care, smart identification, etc., to provide enterprise users with multi-dimensional and comprehensive data API services.
3. Aggregated data (https://www.juhe.cn/)
Aggregate Data is an Internet professional data technology service provider, committed to using data technology to empower industry upgrades and drive industry development. Aggregated data mainly provides two core services: First, data technology services. Relying on the aggregate cloud data platform, it provides downstream customers with services such as data query, information verification and recharge interfaces in the form of API data interfaces; second, data applications. With big data cleaning, analysis, mining and other technologies as the main technical means, it provides enterprise customers with data application systems or customized data analysis results to help enterprises make business decisions.
4. Wanwei Yiyuan (https://www.showapi.com/)
Yiyuan Data is a big data production, trading and circulation platform under Kunming Xiupai Technology Co., Ltd. By breaking resource barriers, Yiyuan Data builds an infrastructure of data resources, incorporates interfaces into a unified interface pool, merges multiple heterogeneous data sources into the same pipeline, and provides unified access and control methods to the outside world. The formatted data allows developers to manipulate resources through various APIs like building blocks.
5. Extremely fast data (https://www.jisuapi.com/)
The speed data platform provides various life data APIs for enterprises and individual developers, which is convenient for developers to quickly and easily develop APP, software and other service platforms. Jisu is committed to creating a standard, simple, fast and accurate data platform, freeing developers from the complicated data capture and sorting, focusing on the development of core business, improving efficiency, development cycle, and reducing maintenance costs.
6.Eolinker-APIShop (https://www.apishop.net/)
Eolinker-API Shop has built a comprehensive data open platform with data openness, data sharing, and data analysis as the core. Its service tenet is to help users quickly obtain data, reduce the cost of obtaining data and services, solve the problem of data lack, and improve data Value, thereby improving the efficiency of business operations.
The platform data products are rich and diverse, and in the future, we will welcome the arrival of high-quality interfaces in all directions with a more open attitude, making the platform’s product ecology richer.
7. Guochuangyun-Xiaobai interface (http://api.yesapi.cn/)
Guochuangyun (YesApi.cn) is a free, development-free, and directly usable open platform with multiple products such as Xiaobai Cloud Interface and Xiaobai Data Manager. Guochuangyun is committed to providing developers with considerate technical services, one-stop technical solutions for enterprises, and strong technical support for end users!
8. Six faction data (https://www.6api.net/)
Liupai Data Platform provides various life data APIs for enterprises and individual developers, which is convenient for developers to quickly and easily develop APP, software and other service platforms. Liupai is committed to creating a standard, simple, fast and accurate data platform, freeing developers from the complicated data capture and sorting, focusing on the development of core business, improving efficiency, development cycle, and reducing maintenance costs.
9. Binstd data (https://www.binstd.com/)
Binary data will be developed and promoted through applications and programs (framework/library) to build data sources for key industries and open transactions on the BinSTD platform in the form of APIs, thereby forming a complete chain of production, processing, trading, and use of key data service. Promote program development and data further components
10. API malls in major cloud markets
Including but not limited to the Development House API Mall, Aliyun Cloud Market, Baidu Smart Cloud API Mall, Jingdong Vientiane API Mall, etc.
Take Alibaba Cloud as an example. Alibaba Cloud Cloud Market is a software trading and delivery platform. There are currently twelve major bazaars in the cloud market. The API market is among them, including a trial area of 0 yuan, official API recommendations, market popular API recommendations, and new API product recommendations Wait for the plate.
For users in all major cloud markets, the platform has a complete guarantee system from pre-sales, transactions to after-sales. Sufficient API commodity categories can also allow users to find various types of API commodities and services.
The above are the top ten service platforms in China regarding API interfaces and data recommended by this article.
Regarding the future development of China’s big data and data security industry, Tang Hanlin, President of DataPro, said: Data security involves national security. Data security and open development are actually the two main themes that the entire data security law has always emphasized. The state requires data security. To ensure the development of the data industry and to promote better data security with the development of the data industry, the two are complementary, mutually successful, and go hand in hand with each other.