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Five Things to do Before Opening Your Internal API
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What happens when you are ready to take your API from a small subset of users to something more open? What are the things you want to make sure are locked down tight before rolling out an open API program? James Higginbotham offered some tips for making sure your API is ready.

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Wendell Santos

API Strategy, API Management, Developer Relations

10-07-2018

How Scalability Planning Results Markedly Improves APIs
API University

Developers can often miss an important aspect of API development - scaling the API. To scale the API, you must look into offloading the administrative functions of multiple APIs in their apps. Scaling of the API at the design phase is crucial to the success of API adoption in the long run.

Analysis

Atoosa Rezai

API Design, API Strategy, Authentication

09-07-2018

What's the Difference Between REST and Swagger?
API University

Upon seeing the headline to this article, API experts will likely scratch their heads wondering why the journal of the API economy (ProgrammableWeb) would indirectly suggest that REST and Swagger are comparable to the point that an article about their differences is warranted.

Analysis

David Berlind

API Design, API Strategy, REST

08-06-2018

It's the End of the API Economy As We Know It
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Relying upon third-party public APIs to do business has always been a risky business. Historically, some APIs have changed or disappeared altogether. But now, the API economy has entered a phase where relying on such APIs (or even publishing them) could be perilous. Maybe it's time for a rethink.

Analysis

Bob Reselman

API Strategy

07-05-2018

Why the Transportation Market Exemplifies the Need for Vertical API Platforms

As many organizations still use legacy systems in tandem with more modern solutions, APIs serve as a connection between the two. There are two types of API companies experiencing success—those with vertical and horizontal platforms—each offering a different level of connectivity and expertise.

Why GDPR Compliance Is a Ready-Made Problem For APIs

If you were existing anywhere but under a rock for the last few weeks, then you were probably subjected to a gauntlet of GDPR notifications from the websites that you frequent, including ProgrammableWeb. They may not have even mentioned GDPR or the General Data Protection Regulation.

Analysis

David Berlind

Security, API Strategy

06-14-2018

How SwaggerHub Helps Your API Development Program Scale

It's a great thing when your product or service is being used by thousands. But systems need to scale to accommodate your growing user base. Managing the processes that help you scale can be difficult. In this article we discuss the ways in which SwaggerHub provides a platform for API team to scale.

API History Repeats Itself as Recalibrated Twitter Dev Strategy Forces Shutdown of Favstar
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Favstar, a service that helps users "find great tweets and interesting people to follow", has announced that it will be shutting down next month because of changes Twitter is making to its APIs. Favstar's creator, Tim Haines, was left with no choice but to shut his service down due to API changes.

Analysis

Patricio Robles

API Management, API Strategy, Social

05-17-2018

How to Ensure APIs Drive Everlasting Organizational Value
API University

The notion that intelligence is about maximizing future freedom of action is a useful framework for businesses navigating digital transformation and modernization. Often, the difference between a future of options and a future of dead ends involves how a company designs and manages its APIs.

Analysis

John Rethans

API Strategy

04-18-2018

How to Ensure a Painless API Release in 10 Steps
API University

It’s an old adage but it’s true; if you want your API to succeed, treat it like a product. And one of the most important steps in any product’s lifecycle is when it gets released. James Higginbotham offers a 10-point checklist to help make sure that your API release runs as smoothly as possible.

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Wendell Santos

API Strategy, API Design, API Management

04-08-2018

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Five Things to do Before Opening Your Internal API
API University

How Scalability Planning Results Markedly Improves APIs
API University

What's the Difference Between REST and Swagger?
API University

It's the End of the API Economy As We Know It
LinkedInNetflix
More Related
Instagram Graph

Facebook Graph

Why the Transportation Market Exemplifies the Need for Vertical API Platforms

Why GDPR Compliance Is a Ready-Made Problem For APIs

How SwaggerHub Helps Your API Development Program Scale

API History Repeats Itself as Recalibrated Twitter Dev Strategy Forces Shutdown of Favstar
Twitter StreamingFavatar

How to Ensure APIs Drive Everlasting Organizational Value
API University

How to Ensure a Painless API Release in 10 Steps
API University