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type: "Glossary term"
title: "API calling"
description: "Outbound calls to remote services (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, events)."
tags: [glossary]
generated: { by: human:crpage, at: 2026-07-09T09:44:00Z }
aliases: "api calling; api call"
status: stable

Definition

The broader class of outbound interactions with remote services — REST, GraphQL, gRPC or event-driven — not necessarily via a vendor 'function' abstraction.

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Appears in: openapi.

function calling, tool use.

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