A friend is a virtual relationship made on social media when one user accepts another user’s invitation to form a connection. [Frend] Verb To friend someone is the action of accepting an invitation or sending an invitation to connect with someone on a social media platform
An API is a documented interface that allows one software application to interact with another application. This allows users to get data feeds directly into their own sites, allowing continually updated, streaming data — text, images, video — to display. For example, Goodreads allows an author’s blog to update on their site.