ipayipi le-API
            
            I-API pipe ibonakala ngokuba yikhiye ebalulekileyo kwi-architecture yesoftware yangoku, yenziwa ngokulandelana nokugcinwa kwezinye i-API kwiindlela ezahlukene. Le nkqubo yobuchwephesha ukuxhumana ngokuhlonipha iiprothokholi neematriki zokugcinwa kwiindlela ezahlukene. Ngokwenza ngokuba yindawo ephambene nezinye, iyabekela i-routing, i-processing kunye nekugcinwa kwezilungelo kwi-API, uyilo lingeniso lokuqinisekisa ukuba yonke into enziwa ngokuchanekileyo. I-API pipe inemigca ephambili njengoko kukuvalela i-request, ukuguqula impendulo, ukulawula iimpawu kunye nokulawula ukuba ngubani owayo, ke ngoko yinto ebalulekileyo kwiyo datha ephambili. Iyakwamkela iindlela ezimbini zokuxhumana, kutheni abasebenzisi bakwazi ukusebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo kwaye bakhusele ukuba yonke into ingena ngokuchanekileyo. Kananjalo, i-API pipe inemigca yokhuseleko, ukugcinwa kwezinto kunye nokugcina amagqabantshintshiyo okuqinisekisa ukuba zonke izinto ziqhutywe ngokuchanekileyo.