API Consumer

An API consumer is any application or system that uses an API (Application Programming Interface) to interact with another software service or platform. Think of the API as a set of standardized rules or tools that allow different software to communicate and work together. The consumer is the software that sends requests to the API to retrieve data, perform actions, or access features from the service provider. For example, a weather app uses an API to fetch weather data from a weather service provider. Essentially, the API consumer is the "client" requesting and utilizing external functionalities through a defined interface.