APIs are a contract between the service provider and service consumer. When any application uses an API, it needs to conform to an agreed-upon standard, with implicitly set expectations. What happens behind the scenes is of no concern to the consumer, enabling the service provider to use whatever means necessary to deliver the value. The service provider may choose any technology to deliver the service, and it may or may not optimize the resource being utilized to deliver the service.
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