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Application API vs OpenAPI Plant Store

If you need a Animals API that's easy to integrate, go with Application API.

Application API

Vonage provides an Application API to allow management of your Vonage Applications. This API is backwards compatible with version 1. Applications created using version 1 of the API can also be man...

OpenAPI Plant Store

A sample API that uses a plant store as an example to demonstrate features in the OpenAPI specification

Application API

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported

OpenAPI Plant Store

  • Simple API key authentication
  • No HTTPS support
FeatureApplication APIOpenAPI Plant Store
AuthenticationapiKeyapiKey
HTTPSYesNo
CORSUnknownUnknown

When to use which?

Application API supports HTTPS, which is required for production deployments and secure data handling.