Information on using APIs for websites, algorithmic trading and other?

[holyterrorboss]

Hello Everyone,

I'm interested in learning more about APIs and how they can be applied to websites or algorithmic trading applications. I have a novice xp in html, css, sql and programming xp with c and java. APIs are completely new to me and either I'm not looking in the right place or there is a lack of documentation. The only useful documentation I have found is related to Google maps.

Can anyone out there provide some useful knowledge or direction? Is there documentation out there for the crypto exchange APIs?