There Are Only 6 Constraints in REST, Let’s Use Them All
On my desk, I have a copy of the O’Reilly RESTful Web Services book by Leonard Richardson and Sam Ruby. Published in December 2007, it’s astonishing how much of the book is still best practice....
View ArticleCrafting an Excellent Developer Experience for API Versioning
Versioning is a fact of life. For most APIs, there’s no avoiding it. But API versioning doesn’t have to mean broken clients. Thankfully, with proper planning and forethought, software providers can...
View Article14 Text-to-Image AI APIs
AI has become a ubiquitous tool in relatively short order, with APIs across the spectrum offering video, image, text, and even audio generation. Below, we’ll look at 14 of the best text-to-image APIs...
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Going Platinum: How to Make A Hit API
Making a hit API is a lot like making a hit music album. You have to find a niche, you need good naming, and you need quality content. Also, on the production side, design, style, experience, and...
View ArticleAPIs 101: What Is SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)?
SOAP is good for getting clean, but it’s also a powerful protocol for standardized messaging and web communications! So, what is this technology, and how does it work? Below, we’ll dive into this topic...
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How Important Is Your API’s Pricing Model?
There’s no doubt that API monetization is a hot topic right now, and much of the conversation boils down to two big questions. First, if your API is already up and running, how can you tactfully start...
View ArticleHow Gen AI Is Evolving API Management
Most industries are discovering the transformative effect of generative AI, and the API space is no exception. Granted, we are still in the early days of the AI revolution, but API management is...
View Article3 Trends That Will Influence How SaaS Companies Build Product Integrations
As companies seek a competitive edge, they’ll increasingly build internal and customer-facing integrations. Or, they’ll construct integrations between a company’s product and their clients’...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Using APIs.json and APIs.io
It’s easy to forget that using APIs depends so heavily on discovery. The average API use case is obfuscated and happens invisibly behind the scenes, so it’s easy to imagine that this process just...
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The Impact of APIs on Modern Businesses
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are a type of software that enables two or more different software systems or applications to communicate with each other. They have become a crucial tool for...
View Article11 APIs For Futures Data
When it comes to trading on the market, data is king. Data provides the context and insights necessary to trade effectively and efficiently, and the quality of this data can significantly impact...
View ArticleShould You Use An API Gateway or Service Mesh?
APIs are one thing more than anything else — they are complex. In practice, even managing simple APIs at scale becomes challenging, requiring intelligent tooling to handle. To help manage this...
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The Unbundling of API Management
It’s common to fulfill all of a company’s API management needs with one product that supplies all the required functionality. I mean things like endpoint routing, rate limiting, developer portals for...
View ArticleIntroduction to TypeSpec
Our 2024 Austin API Summit was notable for many things, but one thing that stuck in my mind (along with many great stories about AI) was a comprehensive introduction to TypeSpec. TypeSpec is an API...
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How To Create An API Business Product
We review key insights from Bruno Pedro’s new book, Building an API Product, published by Packt. Each year, more and more people outside of the tech world are using APIs. According to Postman’s 2023...
View ArticleWhat is API-as-a-Service?
API-as-a-Service, or APIaaS, is a rising technology solution in the tech space. But just what is it, and when is it appropriate? In this article, we’ll examine this offering and see where it might make...
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Beyond the HTTP API: WebAssembly and the Future of Systems Integration
We’ve been building HTTP APIs for system integration for 25+ years. Roy Fielding proposed REST in 2000, and although our architectures are more varied, one common element remains: the network. These...
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5 REST APIs With Great Developer Experience
An API is only as good as it is useful. Developer experience (DX) is often what determines whether or not a user adopts an API. When a developer is looking for a solution to a problem, they don’t want...
View ArticleReport Indicates Cloud API Performance Has Hit A Ceiling
No developer likes an API that takes too long to respond. Worse, poor service uptime makes it challenging to rely on APIs for stable integrations. Low quality can stunt the developer experience and...
View ArticleOptimizing Your Headless Commerce APIs for Seamless Integration
The global headless commerce market is projected to grow from $751.6 million in 2022 to $5,528.5 million by 2032, stressing the increasing adoption of this API-driven architecture. To stay competitive,...
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