People need a deeper understanding of what Web3 runs on, so that the mistakes of the past are not just repeated with a different style of technology.
What's a gateway? It is an entry point. Things go in. People, traffic, requests. If you've spent any time with microservices, you may have come across the term "API gateway".
OpenAPI based API Testing Tool
The battle for the best API framework is a never-ending one. I will explain you the difference between two very popular and frequently used API frameworks.
Building an API yourself and getting it into production so your users can start using it can be a significant challenge.
Choreo allows you to create, publish and manage all aspects of an API and its’ lifecycle.
APIs, if you know how to tame and harness them, are a superpower. Choreo is a Cloud IDE that is built to make API creation, management, and composition a breeze
This is a brief blog on the Top 10 API security practices that can help users to keep their API safe from cyber attacks.
Eventually consistency is a fancy name of doing something and only expecting the changed state after a while. But it won't work well with caching.
In this article, we will be discussing some of the best practices for API versioning for ease of user consumption and flexibility.
Interview with Thierry Schellenbach, co-founder & CEO of Stream, a provider of APIs and SDKs that enable product teams to add in-app chat and activity feeds.
Sequel to the last article: We will be building a machine learning API that will predict whether a candidate will or will not be hired.
A how-to guide to building a Shopify integration with the Shopify API in low-code. We go over how to create a private app, connect it to Shopify and query data.
We will be building a machine learning model that will predict whether a candidate will or will not be hired based on his or her credentials.
How to create spring boot application using Spring Initializr and creating spring boot rest api example
This article provides guidance on how to design simple and intuitive RESTful APIs.
Building your own custom Insomnia plugin is easy — you can add new functionality with just a few lines of code!
The Context
The word is out about the state of API security as organizations around the world are finally waking up to the potential of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) transforming business models and directly generating revenues.
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Application programming interfaces (APIs) have been around for 20 years,
but, as Ron Shevlin points out, just one in five community banks in the USA had deployed APIs before 2020, and they aren’t even on the radar of at least 20% of the banks.
An Application Program Interface (API) is a bunch of capacities or systems that gives programs admittance to a typical information source.
APIs - the current “big thing” - offer the opportunity for modern organizations to unlock new and lucrative business models. The article below covers some tips on how to spin the API flywheel and leverage its possibilities.
Our API serves more than 300 million API calls per year. We used an open source integration platform to deliver new services without building from scratch.
Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software.
Yorkshire-based software company Despatch Cloud Ltd is aiming to build on their current success by launching a new service this week, Courier API, squarely aimed at taking on some of the international giants of shipping management software.
A step-by-step tutorial on how to integrate Github with Google Sheets!
Network APIs are everywhere in the modern world. If the data is the lifeblood of modern tech, then APIs are essentially vessels that carry it around distributed
The story is the compilation of the several articles I shall use to illustrate how to build a complete Django open-source API about tribes of the world.
The virtual, global Postman API Hack is an opportunity to win $100,000 in cash prizes. Get started today!
API's such as tyny.dev will be used more heavily in the future, as the Metaverse proliferates.
APIs make up the backbone of many web apps and much of the internet cannot work without of them. However, the Blockchain is not compatible with APIs, a problem.
The CTO of a neo-brokerage FinTech shares tips on how to secure your app -from the front end to the backend. He also recommends tools to use in SDD lifecycle.
Build flexible GraphQL APIs by treating the Schema like a Database
As the number of APIs continues to expand without bounds, what can we expect from API Management platforms in 2023? What are the important human interactions?
API has become one of those catch-all terms that developers throw around without really considering the context. On any given week, you will come across discussions like "How to use the Twitter API", "New framework X is great because it has a low API surface", and "Best practices for building an API."
We have released a set of FREE utility APIs, which we hope, will help individual developers, startups, and companies alike. Find out more!
Recently, I worked with our team at Postman to field the 2021 State of the API survey and report. We’re extraordinarily grateful to the folks who participated—more than 28,000 developers and API professionals took the survey, making it the largest and most comprehensive annual study of APIs, ever. Curious what we learned? Here are a few findings you might find interesting:
Businesses want to modernize the way they govern APIs and fix their current traditional API management. Let's see how.
Learn how the API-first design pattern is a carbon copy of the successful writing approach that John Vester has leveraged for several years.
I've run across a post on reddit where someone asked how to integrate their own GraphQL API with a third-party (Shopify) GraphQL API.
Is API mocking in unit tests important or does it do nothing. I think the answer is a bit more nuanced but we do need such tests to reduce daily churn
No matter what professional field you work in, higher productivity is likely one of the goals you aspire to. It can, however, be tricky. There is no single way to improve your productivity.
WSO2 Integration Studio is a development environment for designing, developing, debugging, and testing integration solutions.
When designing an API, it's easy to use public types that denote resource identity to allow actions on a resource.
This guide will take you through the steps to build and host an API using a low-code platform.
We’ve conducted some initial research into the public APIs of the ASX100 because we regularly have conversations about what others are doing with their APIs and what best practices look like. Being able to point to good local examples and explain what is happening in Australia is a key part of this conversation.
Software vendors seem to be in a hurry for a slice of the low code pie.
SMS is a powerful way to connect with your users. Let's build a “Fun Fact of the Day” web app using the SMS API from Infobip, a cloud communications platform.
We’re working on a more detailed follow up to the high-level research we did into APIs and the ASX100. As part of the follow-up, I’m looking into the APIs offered by ASX100 companies and, for no scientific reason, chose to start with an analysis of NAB’s developer portal.
Full-Stack development just reached a whole new level of productivity. Isomorphic TypeScript APIs, as I call them, blur the lines between client and server.
Some best practices for API design projects that are intended to work over the course of a long-term operation within a larger organisation using GraphQL
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is a messaging protocol based on requests and responses using an XML format.
When it comes to finance and trade, the currency is a crucial component. Businesses that deal with foreign marketplaces require up-to-date information on currencies and their quickly fluctuating values.
We will be building a machine learning React frontend that will predict whether a candidate will or will not be hired based on his or her credentials.
Discover the most important things to consider when choosing an API integration platform for your B2B SaaS company.
APIs have been around for decades – they allow different systems to talk to each other in a seamless, fast fashion – yet it’s been during the past decade that this technology has become a significant force.
So then why all the interest in APIs? We all know the usual stories – Uber, Airbnb, Apple Pay… the list goes on, and the reasons are plentiful. Today the question is, how? Perhaps you are looking to differentiate your business or want a first-mover advantage. How can you execute quickly and at low cost/risk to try new market offerings?
An API provides several benefits to an organisation, but without a dedicated team of trained developers, it might seem like an implausible option. Developers are expensive, and it can take months to develop an API from the ground up. If you don’t fancy outsourcing or have the capability in house to build internal APIs, a low-code platform might just be the answer.
APIs have fascinating implications for how companies are built. We compiled a list of the best places to get the most impactful information on APIs.
Create a simple server with Node.js and Express, write API tests using Kong Insomnia, and then run these tests in our CI pipeline with Inso and GitHub Actions.
We’ve developed an API-as-Product Assessment Framework that we’re using to assess public APIs. We’re sharing this framework because you will likely find it to be a useful tool for understanding your own API as a product or set of products.
If you’re a developer of any type of modern application, then you’re likely more than just familiar with APIs—you’re probably a power user.
We all know that APIs have become foundational to how organizations streamline integration and build new applications. In essence, they are the connective tissue between different systems, data, and applicationlayers.
This is how I built thousands of personalised videos at lightning speed.
Application Program Interfaces-or APIs- are a huge part of the digital world that can even be used in blockchain. This is how it can act as digital glue.
Imagine your web application makes requests to an API endpoint and each request has a price, debouncing the request operation may save you a great deal of money
Get a comprehensive Guide about Application Programming Technology or API in a layman's language.
Creating APIs may be easy, but maintenance and deployment is more often than not, time-consuming and difficult. But it doesn't have to be.
Do you wonder if third-party API integrations services are even beneficial for you? Read more to eliminate any doubts you have about the third-party API.
API automation goes beyond testing: here are 5 automation areas to focus on in your API program.
I’ve had an unusually high number of conversations about API strategy over recent weeks. Many of them get technical fast, faster than I’d like. But, great API strategies start without mention of APIs or technology, they (surprise, surprise) start with a conversation about the customer and your partners.
This piece is about the benefits of using API system to enhance productivity and ease of work.
Learn more about API-FIRST and how it can deliver practical solutions to today's modern IT environment.
Using the React cloneElement is a better way to build a component API props in ES6 Javascript, and Typescript. Here's a tutorial on how to do so.
Find out how to build great REST APIs in any language by following these 10 essential rules.
"WebSockets should be deprecated for GraphQL Subscriptions. Instead, we're proposing to use Server Sent Events."
I’ve been working with low-code tools for years, building automation integrations, and APIs. Recently, I’ve wondered whether we’ve advanced far enough to use a low-code platform as the back-end for a single page application (SPA).
Fintech app development with all the necessary features can be tough but that's exactly the case APIs are used for. Read on to learn how fintech APIs help you!
In this post, we'll go through the best practices for API monitoring, such as which metrics to prioritize and how to troubleshoot when an issue arises.
Web APIs have been around for nearly 20 years and but it is from the past few years that software developers have been thinking hard on the concept of API first development approach.
What actually are APIs and how do they work? Find out by looking at important APIs across the software stack and learn some computer science along the way!
Debt APIs make impactful debt management and debt repayment possible. Although debt APIs work for multiple facets of loan and financial management.
What's next for API integration? Share your thoughts in Cloud Elements' industry survey to win prizes and contribute to the industry-renowned report.
From design to deploy, these tools will have your API and microservices up and running in no time.
Technical comprehensive comparison: GraphQL vs REST. Check how to work with both API architecture designs and choose the best fit!
WSO2 API Manager 3.2.0 the third release of the API Manager 3.x series, simplifies integrating with other ecosystems while reducing complexity of large scale deployments.
In this post, we’re going to look at what API reconstruction is and how APIClarity solves the API observability problem.
Writing an API from scratch can be quite fun and informative for developers. Yet, maintaining dozens of APIs in a company is another kettle of fish.
API (an abbreviation of Application Programming Interface) is a special interface (a set of commands/controls) that is designed for the interaction of different
A new wave of API tools to answer the global API security threat.
In my 11 years as a developer, I have seen so many API's that have major security flaws. They either lack proper authentication or authorisation or both.
Postman is a REST client tool for testing and deploying API services in a controlled workspace.
With so many approaches to proper API design, development and management, it’s pretty easy to get lost just in the planning process.
Over the past decade, APIs have become essential for modern businesses and application development teams. They empower developers to easily add new features to their apps by facilitating connectivity with varied sources like databases, devices, or even other APIs.
Video editing has never been something I truly enjoyed. I often found video editors cumbersome, and wasn’t willing to spend the time learning to use professional video editing applications. Let alone pay hundreds of dollars per year on an Adobe subscription.
A Quick Start Guide to Getting a Java GraphQL API up and Running in no time Using Apifi.
In today’s world of ever-increasing digital interconnectivity, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have emerged as essential tools for integrating data efficiently and cost-effectively.
A definitive guide to building an API DevEx Portal for your API users.
The industry has embraced statically typed languages, but API design remains twenty years in the past. Schema driven development presents an opportunity to pull API design into the present.
Introduction
Python is in the midst of a resurgence. It never went away, but usage now grows like never before. With machine learning developers and data scientists relying on Python, much of the web development ecosystem around the language continues to grow.
Here’s how we used AWS Cognito’s authorizer to enable users to have developer API access restricted to their user data using Client Id/Secret.
In this article, we will be discussing in-depth APIs and web services. Also learn the basics of making an API call, its vulnerabilities, and the future.
What Makes a Good API? A good API does more than just taking input and returning output. It offers a few key items that make it enjoyable and easy to work with.
some generic Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) primitive functions presented as API calls running on a Node https: server.
APIs can be as simple as 1 endpoint for use by 100s of users or as complex as the AWS APIs with 1000s of endpoints and 100s of thousands of users. Building them can mean spending a couple of hours using a low-code platform or months of work using a multitude of tools. Hosting them can be as simple as using one platform that does everything we need or as complex as setting up and managing ingress control, security, caching, failover, metrics, scaling etc.
A couple of months ago, our feature flagging platform suffered a 44 minute API outage.
What follows is a step-by-step tutorial on how to set up Kong to proxy gRPC services, demonstrating two possible scenarios.
Application Programming Interfaces are an integral part of the emerging digital space. Without them, benefiting from many of today’s habitual financial services would be at least difficult if not impossible. In this piece, Andersen’s experts in FinTech software development will tell how API-based IT solutions contribute to the success of banks and financial organizations.
In this tutorial, we’ll be creating a Tinder clone, in under 1 hour using Phở Networks, an open-source no-code platform that makes it seamlessly easy to create social applications.
Recently, Digital Ocean announced they're entering the PaaS market with their new application platform. They've hosted virtual machines (droplets) and Kubernetes based services for years, but now they're creating a platform that's a simple point and click to get an application up and running.
A frontend developer should be able to define what data is needed for a given page
On this episode. Jon Dahl, CEO of Mux, and Thierry Schellenbach, CEO of Stream, talk to Amy Tom about starting their API-powered platform.
Totally Nerdy Cofounder Patrick Pittich-Rinnerthaler joins us in this Slogging AMA to talk about his API technology tyny.dev.
