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      t_title: What is API Integration?
      t_description: API integration can be understood as the interconnection of separate restaurant software systems and applications that allows data sharing and automated work flow between systems.
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      t_text: <p>API integration can be understood as the interconnection of separate restaurant software systems and applications that allows data sharing and automated work flow between systems. API is an acronym of Application Programming Interface, which functions as an interface for systems to communicate with each other in an efficient and secured manner.</p><h2>What is Restaurant API Integration and how it works?</h2><p>API integrations enable real-time data flow between different restaurant systems.</p>Here's how it usually happens-<ul><li>The software systems within a restaurant have APIs so that they are connected.</li><li>When data is put into one system, that system uses the API to transfer it into any connected systems.</li><li>All of the software is updated at once without needing to re-enter data manually.</li><li>Restaurant employees can operate systems with much greater efficiency through the connected workflow.</li></ul><p>For Example, if an online customer places an order, the API could simultaneously send the order to the <a href="https://plumpos.com/">POS system</a> and the <a href="https://plumpos.com/hardware/kitchen-display-system/">kitchen display system</a>.</p>
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