Adaptable Application Programming Interfaces And Specification Of Same

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure relate to defining and/or specifying an application programming interface (API) between a client and a computing device (such as a server) in a manner that the client, the computing device, or both, can evolve independently while preserving inter-operability.

1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, at a first device, information from a second device;   accessing the information, at the first device, based on an application programming interface (API), wherein the API defines conventions for at least one of data representations and method representations, and wherein the second device is configured by the API to be compatible with a change to at least one of the conventions by the second device without a corresponding change to the first device, wherein the change comprises at least one of:
 a change in a hierarchal position of a control of the API and 
 a change between a first data representation and a second data representation, wherein the first data representation comprises data, and wherein the second representation comprises a reference to the data; and 
   providing a request to the second device based on the information accessed at the first device.