What is a single API call?
Simply put, whenever you make a call to a server using APIs, this counts as an API call. For example, every time you log in, ask a question on your computer or an app, you’re in fact making an API call. An API call is the process that takes place after the API is set up and ready to go.
Can a static website make API calls?
Actually, the static website could need API calls at run time: if we think of an e-commerce, all the product pages may be statically generated, but the order management requires API calls to create an order. Anyway, these “POST” calls typically represent a small part of all the API calls to “GET” the content.
How to call a web API using MSAL?
Use the acquired access token as a bearer in an HTTP request to call any web API, such as Microsoft Graph API. For example: The MSAL Angular wrapper takes advantage of the HTTP interceptor to automatically acquire access tokens silently and attach them to the HTTP requests to APIs.
How to call Web API in Microsoft identity?
We recommend that you call the acquireTokenSilent method to acquire or renew an access token before you call a web API. After you have a token, you can call a protected web API. Use the acquired access token as a bearer in an HTTP request to call any web API, such as Microsoft Graph API.
Can a website offer both web pages and APIs?
It is important to know that a website can offer both web pages and APIs. For instance, while a human user visits a Wikipedia website to read a pre-designed article, Wikipedia also offers APIs for other users to let them develop an app, which uses Wikipedia’s machine-readable raw data.
Is there a web API for Windows Phone?
HttpClient is also supported for Windows Phone and Windows Store apps. For more information, see Writing Web API Client Code for Multiple Platforms Using Portable Libraries NOTE: If you pass base URLs and relative URIs as hard-coded values, be mindful of the rules for utilizing the HttpClient API.