The APIs provide hooks that make it possible for Web applications to expose their functionality through Google’s user interface on the Google Drive website.

Google partnered with three-developer focused tools, the collaborative code editor Neutron Drive, the project scheduling tool Gantter and the diagraming tool draw.io to test and launch this API.

Google has released a new Drive API that will enable developers to make use of Drive’s realtime editing functions. By tapping into the API, developers will be able to make apps that can edit ...

Drive also isn't just a Dropbox clone, as Google encourages developers to build the "Drive API" into their apps, giving developers an easy way to add cloud storage to their products.

With massively refreshed Google Docs/Drive APIs, use JavaScript to integrate to your heart's content, create new apps ...

As for the Drive API, Google is essentially locking down the service a bit more and limiting third-party access to specific files.