期刊名称：Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
印刷版ISSN：2078-0958
电子版ISSN：2078-0966
出版年度：2018
卷号：2235&2236
页码：169-174
出版社：Newswood and International Association of Engineers
摘要：T Cloud computing is a unique IT paradigm that is
fast gaining popularity in organizations and enterprises. The
cloud has made it possible to store vast amount of data based on
infrastructure provided by cloud service providers. The users are
able to scale storage up or down on demand. The users are also
able to utilize applications already deployed on the cloud by the
cloud service providers. Other cloud service providers such as
OpenNebula, CloudStack and OpenStack have made it possible
to develop applications and deploy them on the cloud.
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are available to
guarantee such deployment. As the name implies, APIs serve as
interfaces between programs. The interface is usually between a
software developer and software developer’s application.
Basically, the API allows one software to access some
functionalities of another software. This paper examines present
trends in the area of API and provides a guide for future
research. Papers published in journals, conferences, white papers
and those published in reputable magazines were analysed. The
expected result at the end of this review is the identification of
trends in API. This will be of benefit to prospective cloud users
and even cloud providers.
