API vs SDK: What’s the Difference?

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API and SDK: two technical terms you hear a lot about, but what do they mean? And what are the differences? In this video we’ll explain the differences in terms of use, implementation, hosting, etc. as well as offering some examples. API stands for Application Programming Interface. It’s a way for computers to exchange data. An API performs a specific task, it’s an external processing service where you send in your input and receive back an output. API’s are hosted by the provider. Because of this, they are ‘platform agnostic’, meaning they can be accessed from any web or mobile platform. SDK stands for Software Development Kit. It’s like a customizable toolbox. While an SDK also performs a specific task, in contrary to an API it’s embedded within your application, really becoming part of it. Since it’s part of your application, you host the SDK yourself. This means it also needs to be adapted to the programming language of your application. Sometimes, an SDK is optimized to work together with a specific API. While not an obligation, it can ensure you have the best input in your application to work well with an API. At Klippa, our best-known API is our Intelligent Document Processing solution called DocHorizon. This API takes input such as a picture of a receipt, and returns output such as total amount and line items. Since this API works best with high-quality input images, we have developed the Document Scanner SDK, which supports users to create the best possible picture of their documents by providing feedback and optimizing the image. So that’s in short the difference between APIs and SDKs. If you want to learn more about specific products we offer at Klippa and how they can help you, check out this video https://youtu.be/D_TNo5eqD1c Learn more about our DocHorizon API here: https://link.klippa.com/api or go to https://link.klippa.com/sdk to learn more about our SDK products. Please leave a comment below if you have any further questions. Also don’t forget to subscribe to see more technical explainers, as well as other Klippa videos. Our website: https://link.klippa.com/klippahome LinkedIn: https://link.klippa.com/klippalinkedin #Klippa #api #sdk 0:00 Intro 0:17 APIs 1:33 SDKs 3:07 Summary and outro