Technology should make our lives easier. Right? Sometimes, it can feel intimidating to expand the range of your technological capabilities when everything is working fine, but what if you could connect two systems and effectively save yourself time and labor?
API, better known as application programming interface, connects software programs or computers. An API will enable you to share, update, and manage information. Think of it as the cruise director of your technological conversations. Today, we’re focusing on the advantages of API integration in eCommerce.
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If eCommerce is simply the system that enables your business to sell goods and services on the internet and API integration automates the conversation between your software and applications, utilizing these two together will not only make your life as a business owner ten-fold easier but also create a smooth user experience for your customers.
Types of API Integration
- Shipping APIs and eCommerce Development
- Multicurrency APIs and eCommerce Development
- Payment Gateway APIs Integration
- Sales Tax Calculation APIs
- Accounting and ERP Module APIs Integration
- Third-Party Supplier APIs Integration
- Anti-fraud APIs
- Dynamic Pricing and Price Comparison APIs
- Third-Party Cart API Integration
- Social Proof API Integration
- Affiliate Marketing APIs
- Recommendation Engine APIs
- Personalization APIs
DevSimplify Offers:
ERP Integrations
ERP is large accounting/business management software with up to 50 different inventory, employee management, and accounting modules. Enterprise resource planning APIs connect all daily use software to expand functionality. In addition, an API will create a channel of communication between the software and the website. The benefits of utilizing an ERP are innumerable in terms of productivity. Integrating an ERP can reduce operational costs, increase productivity, and offer business analytics with real-time reporting.
HL7 Services (Hospital Language 7)
This software facilitates clinical and administrative data exchange between healthcare applications. Allows multiple applications or modules to speak with each other; modules are available for everything from the billing information to patient history that can be organized and shared in the HL7 format.
Enterprise Account Integration
Translate data, information, and databases between two incompatible hardware or software systems. As with most API offerings, enterprise account integrations will streamline your company’s accounting processes, reporting, and accuracy.
Custom TCP/IP REST APIs
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol APIs define and direct how your data and information are exchanged over the internet. TCP/IP APSs are a great way to maintain the efficacy and accuracy of data transmissions. The protocols define each layer through the application, transport, network, network interface, and physical hardware to complete and manage the data and information exchange.
REST APIs are Representational State Transfers that allow computers to communicate within a set of recommended data communication standards. Some examples of this are requests and responses from one system to another via an HTTP request to a URL (client to server); automated responses to HTTP requests with all necessary information (stateless); defining a response as cacheable or not (cacheable); and layering response requests from the proxy, server, or intermediary (layered).
Both TCP/IP and REST APIs open channels of communication for your data and systems, and we are happy to help you define which type of API will best support your web development needs.
Integrating systems will help your business stay within compliance and regulatory requirements while also improving the security of your sites and applications. By automating and connecting your eCommerce systems and software, your customers will have a uniform, reliable user experience with each purchase. In addition, API integrations can save time and money and remove the chance for human error in systems for inventory, product data, or shipping information.
Ready to start your API integration with eCommerce?
Working with a development team will ensure that your API integration project is completed on time and within budget. A development team also offers the experience and resources to seamlessly integrate your systems and provide support when it comes time to scale up the operation. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help automate your software systems and create ease in your daily operations.
