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Startups such as RapidAPI aim to stitch together the soaring number of open-source APIs that lack a common data format. The marketplace serves a central repository for existing online APIs that streamline access and allows developers to integrate them with little or no additional recoding.

"Every API uses a different set of formats, standards and protocols — essentially a different language," added RapidAPI CEO and founder Iddo Gino. "This problem becomes even greater as more APIs are created and new formats are introduced."