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Is an API call a request for a single piece of data or can a single call retrieve multiple pieces of information?

April 26, 2017API Data piece pieces request

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Is an API call a request for a single piece of data or can a single call retrieve multiple pieces of information?

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There are three different types of API function calls, they are: • A single API call can return a single piece of data, such as the eBay Official Time. • A single API call can return set of data associated with an object, such as the User object. This type of call could obtain multiple pieces of information about a single user, such as eBay User ID, email address and payment address. • A single API call can return a set of data associated with a collection of objects. This type of call could obtain information about multiple auctions and all the data associated with each auction.