For years, the standard approach to robotic process automation was user interface (UI) automation. Without an application integration or application programming interface (API) access, RPA robots would log in to the clients’ business applications just like any other end user and replicate the steps a human took to perform the work. As the business world demanded greater connectivity across their everyday applications, providers made APIs more readily available. Unlike an integration where one application depends on another, an API acts as an interface between two or more existing applications, allowing a developer to define how they communicate with each other.
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