APIs can form the basis of business model, as in the case of Stripe, a payments API, or they can be a revenue stream (for example, the Google Maps API).

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After the user is prompted for his or her address, the Google Maps API fetches and incorporates dynamic maps and street view data of the user's hometown into the animated content of the video itself.

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Also, Google created an API, allowing users to implement maps within their own applications.

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