What are the limits of working with APIs?

We’ve talked a lot about connecting to APIs, and we’ve even done it using a couple of different tools. What we haven’t really discussed is what the limits of APIs are. The benefits of using an API to connect our solutions to Business Central are very exciting, and you will be tempted to use it for everything. However, with great power comes great responsibility.

There are limits to working with APIs and Business Central that we must consider. These are spelled out in detail in the terms of use for APIs, but we’ll talk about a couple of the critical ones to keep in mind when creating solutions to use APIs.

The first one to keep in mind is API availability and limits. Microsoft sets limits on the amount of data and the number of requests you can send and receive through an API. Business Central is a cloud environment, and as such, Microsoft must ensure that no one client uses too many resources. When you build...