Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What is the use of $API in Salesforce? Tagged: API, Application Programming Interface, Salesforce API, Salesforce Integration, Third Party Application Salesforce® Discussions What is the use of $API in Salesforce? Posted by Achintya on August 27, 2019 at 11:52 AM In salesforce what is the use of $API? Deepak replied 6 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply APIApplication Programming InterfaceSalesforce APISalesforce IntegrationThird Party Application 1 Reply Deepak Member August 27, 2019 at 1:08 PM API stand for Application programming interface.It is protocol thorugh which one application communicate with other. Salesforce can integrate with third party application and communicate data with API. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me