Please read our Integrations page to understand how these terms correlate.
API
Stands for Application Programming Interface, provides communication between devices and/or computer programs.
HRIS
Stands for Human Resource Information System.
REST
Stands for REpresentational State Transfer, a standardized software architectural style, a specific type of API used industry wide.
RESTful API
An application/service that allows REST APIs HTTP requests for data manipulation.
HTTP
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol, enables communication between client and servers. HTTP works as a request-response protocol between a client and server.
Endpoint
An Endpoint is a URL that enables the API to access resources on a server, often through a RESTful API interface.
API Endpoint
The URL for a server or a service. These APIs operate through responses and requests — that is you make a request and the API Endpoint makes a response.