The 4 API's of the Power Platform

There's a fantastic tool built into all web browsers called Developer tools, and one of its best features to use is the Network tab. The Network tab tracks all API communication between the site and the server, and reading it allows you to understand how a site works. After looking for the Power Platform I found 4 main API's, so this blog is all about explaining them and some of the end points. For first a little back story... History When the Power Platform was first built it was more front end then back end, with each part of the platform distributed across Azure rather then the Power Platform. This meant there multiple systems working together rather then one platform: Flow Power Automate was originally called Flow (a name I still kind of prefer

Feb 24, 2025 - 08:24
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The 4 API's of the Power Platform

There's a fantastic tool built into all web browsers called Developer tools, and one of its best features to use is the Network tab.

The Network tab tracks all API communication between the site and the server, and reading it allows you to understand how a site works. After looking for the Power Platform I found 4 main API's, so this blog is all about explaining them and some of the end points.

For first a little back story...

History

When the Power Platform was first built it was more front end then back end, with each part of the platform distributed across Azure rather then the Power Platform.

This meant there multiple systems working together rather then one platform:

original platform

Flow

Power Automate was originally called Flow (a name I still kind of prefer