Is an API language specific

Question

This is probably a pretty basic question, but are APIs language specific. In General, do certain languages only work with certain APIs or should any language be able to talk to any API.

Specifically, Bing Webmaster Tools API has code example in C#. Does that mean I can't access the API in Python?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If an API is exposed via HTTP and returns a language-neutral format like JSON or XML (which most popular third-party APIs do) then there's no restriction on what programming language you can use to parse the API responses.

Some API providers may provide specific client libraries e.g,. The Facebook JavaScript SDK, but this doesn't preclude using a different language, it just means you'll get less support in doing so.