> HTTP/HTML is also an API, just a bit more cumbersome to parse than JSON. No it's not, HTML can change anytime. It is meant for human consumption. "API" has t

> HTTP/HTML is also an API, just a bit more cumbersome to parse than JSON. No it's not, HTML can change anytime. It is meant for human consumption. "API" has the word "Interface" in it because there is a well defined interface to a service, and is documented, and is meant for machine use predominantly. > API key While I agree with you, I also think it is important to be able to disable applications that might be misusing the API quickly.