Initiating operations for applications via communication bridges

1. A method, comprising:

establishing a communication bridge between a first application and a second application via a first bridge component and a second bridge component,

wherein:

the first application is located within a first computing device and the second application is located within a second computing device;

the communication bridge comprises a set of communication channels between the first computing device and the second computing device; and

each communication channel of the set of communication channels is associated with an application programing interface (API) function of the first application;

receiving, at the first bridge component from the second application via a first communication channel of the communication bridge, a first request for the first application to perform a first operation;

identifying, by the first component, a first API function of the first application based on an association between the first communication channel and the first API function of the first application;

executing by the first bridge component, the first API function to cause the first application to perform the first operation;

receiving, at the first bridge component, a first result of the first operation from the first application; and

providing, by the first bridge component, the first result of the first operation to the second application via the second bridge component.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first computing device is within a first computing environment; and

the second computing device is not located within the first computing environment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second computing device is unable to execute the first application.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application communicates with a server to perform the first operation.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second application does not communicate with the server.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the second computing device comprises a mobile computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing the communication bridge between the first application and the second application based on an authentication process.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing a second communication bridge between the first application and a third application, wherein:

the third application is located within a third computing device;

the second communication bridge comprises a second set of communication channels; and

each communication channel of the second set of communication channels is associated with an application programing interface (API) function of the first application;

receiving, from the third application via a second communication channel of the second communication bridge, a second request for the first application to perform a second operation;

providing the second request to the first application;

receiving a second result of the second operation from the first application; and

providing the second result of the second operation to the third application.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second application via a second communication channel of the communication bridge, a second request for the first application to perform a second operation;

providing the second request to the first application;

receiving a second result of the second operation from the first application; and

providing the second result of the second operation to the second application.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing the communication bridge between the first application and the second application based on a link included in a message communicated between the first bridge component and the second bridge component.

11. A method, comprising:

establishing a communication bridge between a first application and a second application via a first bridge component and a second bridge component,

wherein:

the first application is located within a first computing device and the second application is located within a second computing device;

the communication bridge comprises a set of communication channels between the first computing device and the second device; and

each communication channel of the set of communication channels is associated with an application programing interface (API) function of the first application;

determining, at the second bridge component, that the second application is requesting the first application to perform a first operation;

identifying, by the second bridge component, a first communication channel of the set of communication channels based on an association between the first communication channel and operation;

transmitting, by the second bridge component, a first request to the first application to perform the first operation via the first communication channel of the communication bridge; and

receiving, at the second bridge component, a first result of the first operation from the first application via the communication bridge.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the first computing device is within a first computing environment; and

the second computing device is not located within the first computing environment.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second computing device is unable to execute the first application.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first application communicates with a server to perform the first operation.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second application does not communicate with the server.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

establishing the communication bridge between the first application and the second application based on an authentication process.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

establishing a second communication bridge between a first application and a third application, wherein:

the first application is located within a first computing device and the third application is located within a third computing device;

the second communication bridge comprises a second set of communication channels; and

each communication channel of the second set of communication channels is associated with an application programing interface (API) function of the third application;

determining that the second application is requesting the third application to perform a second operation;

transmitting a second request to the third application via a second communication channel of the second communication bridge; and

receiving a second result of the second operation from the third application via the second communication bridge.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining that the second application is requesting the first application to perform a second operation;

transmitting a second request to the second application via a second communication channel of the communication bridge; and

receiving a second result of the second operation from the second application via the communication bridge.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

establishing a communication bridge between a first application and a second application via a first bridge component and a second bridge component, wherein:

the first application is located within a first computing device and the second application is located within a second computing device;

the communication bridge comprises a set of communication channels between the first computing device and the second computing device; and

each communication channel of the set of communication channels is associated with an application programing interface (API) function of the first application;

receiving, at the first bridge component from the second application via a first communication channel of the communication bridge, a first request for the first application to perform a first operation;

identifying, by the first bridge component, a first API function of the first application based on an association between the first communication channel and the first API function of the first application;

executing by the first bridge component, the first API function to cause the first application to perform the first operation;

receiving, at the first bridge component, a first result of the first operation from the first application; and

providing, by the first bridge component, the first result of the first operation to the second application via the second bridge component.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising establishing the communication bridge between the first application and the second application based on a link included in a message communicated between the first bridge component and the second bridge component.