[GH-ISSUE #865] What is API in your context? #3273

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opened 2026-04-25 17:36:42 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ksomov on GitHub (Aug 4, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/semver/semver/issues/865

You write: [...as they do not influence public API...; ...the huge audience which will be presented with a fait accomplished returns of former behavior of API is better to release new release...; ...When you declare outdated a part of public API, you have to...; ...If you have stable API on which users depend, the version has to be 1.0.0...]
Explain that such API?

Originally created by @ksomov on GitHub (Aug 4, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/semver/semver/issues/865 You write: [...as they do not influence public API...; ...the huge audience which will be presented with a fait accomplished returns of former behavior of API is better to release new release...; ...When you declare outdated a part of public API, you have to...; ...If you have stable API on which users depend, the version has to be 1.0.0...] Explain that such API?
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@alasdairhurst commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2022):

The API is essentially referring to the public interface of your application/library. For example a REST API, exposed functions, the way that it's bundled, requirements from the user's environment, etc...

<!-- gh-comment-id:1209425860 --> @alasdairhurst commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2022): The API is essentially referring to the public interface of your application/library. For example a REST API, exposed functions, the way that it's bundled, requirements from the user's environment, etc...
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@JohnTitor commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2022):

See also What is an Application Programming Interface (API) | IBM and API - Wikipedia.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1212579961 --> @JohnTitor commented on GitHub (Aug 11, 2022): See also [What is an Application Programming Interface (API) | IBM](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/api) and [API - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API).
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Reference: github-starred/semver#3273