The government has announced a new feature ‘Open API Service’ for Aarogya Setu app.
Key takeaways
Through the new feature, organizations can take informed decisions regarding the presence of employees in office and the need to explore work from home.
Thus, risk of contracting is reduced.
Entities which are registered in India and have more than 50 employees can avail this feature.
No other personal data except the user’s name and status shall be provided through the API.
Important value additions
Application Programming Interface (API)
It is an interface that can be used to program software that interacts with an existing application.
Open Source API is made publicly available to software developers.
APIs Vs. Web Services
Every web service is an API but not every API is a web service.
While APIs can be online or offline, web services must use a network.
While APIs can use any protocols or design styles, web services usually use specific protocols.
