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CGI Scripts and Server-Side Web Integration (1990–1994): How the First Web “APIs” Took Shape

Between 1990 and 1994, CGI scripts turned the early Web from static documents into interactive services. This chapter explains how the first practical HTTP interfaces worked—requests as inputs, script output as responses—and how that pattern became the backbone of modern web APIs.

HTTP as the Foundation of Web APIs (1990–1994): The Birth of the Web and Early Interfaces

Chapter 1 (1990–1994) of web API history: how early HTTP turned the newborn Web into a programmable interface—long before “REST” and “JSON” became everyday terms.