CLOUD-DIGITAL-LEADER · Question #246
A retail company stores their product inventory in a legacy system. Often, customers find products on the company's website and want to purchase them in-store. However, when they arrive, they…
The correct answer is D. By programmatically connecting the inventory system to their website. An API acts as a bridge that allows two separate systems to communicate in real time. By exposing the legacy inventory system through an API, the website can automatically query live stock levels and display accurate availability to customers-eliminating the out-of-stock…
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A retail company stores their product inventory in a legacy system. Often, customers find products on the company's website and want to purchase them in-store. However, when they arrive, they discover that the products are out of stock. How could the company benefit from using an application programming interface (API)?
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- ATo create personalized product recommendations for customers
- BTo optimize their on-premises legacy system stability
- CBy manually linking each inventory system to the website on a case-by-case basis
- DBy programmatically connecting the inventory system to their website
How the community answered
(20 responses)- A5% (1)
- B5% (1)
- D90% (18)
Explanation
An API acts as a bridge that allows two separate systems to communicate in real time. By exposing the legacy inventory system through an API, the website can automatically query live stock levels and display accurate availability to customers-eliminating the out-of-stock surprise. Option A (personalized recommendations) is a machine learning/analytics function, not an API integration benefit in this context. Option B (optimizing on-premises stability) is unrelated to API functionality. Option C (manually linking each system) defeats the purpose of an API, which automates communication programmatically.
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