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How Dun & Bradstreet Product Manages Their API API University

As part of our API Decision series, we are spotlighting the real-life decisions made by providers. In this article we show how Dun & Bradstreet maintains and promotes its APIs. See how the company treats its API’s as products, considering them necessary additions that are growing in strategic value.

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Mark Boyd

API Strategy, API Education, API Management

4 days ago

Why Ziggeo Had to Pivot to a New API Business Model API University

When a business's various stakeholders consider the decisions to make as they execute an API strategy, the API's business model will prove to be key. But as Ziggeo learned, in the interests of seizing the biggest opportunities, you may have to go back on your initial business model decision.

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Mark Boyd

API Strategy, Business, Monetization

09-15-2017

Dixons Carphone Shows How to Link Technology and Service API University

Dixons Carphone is an electrical and telecommunications retailer with an estimated revenue of $15.3 billion annually. This case study looks at how Dixons was able to leverage APIs to reach their business goals, exceed sales and operational targets, and create a whole new product line.

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Mark Boyd

API Strategy

09-11-2017

How to Test APIs in Ruby with Airborne API University

While there are numerous API testing solutions, the Ruby Airborne API tester Gem will be of interest to those with a strong inclination towards the Ruby platform. If you follow along all the steps you'll create an API test running against the Trello API, a real API with formal authentication tokens.

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Justin Rohrman

Testing

08-25-2017

What Is a WebSockets Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

Continuing our series on push technologies, part three looks at WebSockets and how they are appropriate for when you need a server-to-client real time interactive exchange. Part three discusses what you can do with WebSockets and how it differs from other push technologies.

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John Mueller

Streaming, API Design

04-20-2017

What Is a PubSubHubbub Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

This is the second part of our series on push technologies. This article will look at PubSubHubbub, a closely related cousin to Webhooks. PubSubHubbubb is an API technology used to publish information on the Internet by pushing content instead of forcing clients to poll for it.

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John Mueller

Streaming, API Design, Publishing

04-03-2017

What is a Webhooks Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

This is the first part of our series on push technologies. This article will look at Webhooks, explaining what they are, how they work and why they are well suited to use cases where the underlying data is constantly refreshing. We will also look at examples of APIs that are supporting this style.

Analysis

Chris Wood

Webhooks, API Design, Streaming

03-28-2017

Introduction to API-First Design API University

At the start of an organization’s API journey, a number of questions need to be answered as part of the initial planning and analysis phase of the API lifecycle. Once answered, an organization can move into the design phase where API-first is our preferred methodology for designing APIs

Analysis

Wendell Santos

API Design

10-31-2016

Why The UK's Government Data Service Takes an API-First Approach To Data.Gov.UK API University

In a blog post that's posted to data.gov.uk (where much of the UK government's data is posted for public consumption), Ross Jones has published some incredible insights into why API-first is so important to the agencies ongoing endeavors. So, what is "API-first?" Well, depending on who you

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David Berlind

API Design, API Management, API Strategy

09-02-2016

How Does The External Availability of APIs Impact Their Security? API University

This is first part of ProgrammableWeb’s series on Understanding the Realities of API Security based on testimony by ProgrammableWeb’s editor-in-chief David Berlind to the ONC’s API Security and Privacy Task Force. This part looks at how the external availability of APIs can impact their security.

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David Berlind

Security

02-18-2016

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What Is a PubSubHubbub Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

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Why The UK's Government Data Service Takes an API-First Approach To Data.Gov.UK API University

How Does The External Availability of APIs Impact Their Security? API University