Is edmam as web service API code example

Example: API vs Web Services

1. All Web services are APIs but all APIs are not Web services.
2. Web services might not perform all the operations that an API
would perform.
3. A Web service uses only three styles of use: SOAP, REST and
XML-RPC for communication whereas API may use any style for
communication.
4. A Web service always needs a network for its operation whereas
an API doesn’t need a network for its operation.
5. An API facilitates interfacing directly with an application whereas
a Web service is a required a path.

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