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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: The API Product -- Chapter 1: What Are APIs? -- The different types of APIs -- Local APIs -- Remote APIs -- The history of APIs -- Unix -- Network APIs -- The web -- Available technologies and protocols -- Communication protocols -- Implementation technologies -- Tools -- Summary -- Chapter 2: API User Experience -- Who uses APIs? -- Industries -- Personas -- Developer experience -- Second-degree user experience -- API friction -- Summary -- Chapter 3: API-as-a-Product -- Business value |
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Monetization models -- The freemium model -- Tiered model -- PAYG model -- Support and documentation -- Security -- Logging and monitoring -- Rate-limiting -- Authentication and authorization -- Summary -- Chapter 4: API Life Cycle -- Design -- Implementation -- Release -- Maintenance -- Summary -- Part 2: Designing an API Product -- Chapter 5: Elements of API Product Design -- Technical requirements -- Ideation -- Strategy -- Definition -- Validation -- Specification -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Identifying an API Strategy -- The meaning of strategy -- Stakeholders -- Business objectives -- Personas |
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Behaviors -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Defining and Validating an API Design -- Technical requirements -- API capabilities -- Use case analysis -- Functional requirements -- Integration needs -- Security and access control -- Compliance with laws and regulations -- Documentation -- API mock -- Prototyping an API integration with a UI -- Design iterations -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Specifying an API -- Technical requirements -- Choosing the type of API to build -- Different types of APIs -- API specification formats -- OpenAPI -- IDL (protocol buffers) -- GraphQL -- WSDL -- AsyncAPI |
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Creating a machine-readable API definition -- Following API governance rules -- API design -- API life cycle management -- Summary -- Part 3: Implementing an API Product -- Chapter 9: Development Techniques -- Technical requirements -- Prototyping an API -- Choosing a programming language and framework -- Factors to consider -- Popular languages for building APIs -- Node.js -- Python -- Ruby -- Java -- Go -- Rust -- Comparing programming languages -- Generating server code from a specification -- Generating server code using Postman -- Generating server code using OpenAPI Generator -- Summary |
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Chapter 10: API Security -- What is API security? -- Security testing -- Authentication -- API key management -- Token management -- Authorization -- RBAC -- OAuth scopes -- Summary -- Chapter 11: API Testing -- Contract testing -- Performance testing -- Acceptance testing -- Summary -- Chapter 12: API Quality Assurance -- Defining QA -- Test planning and execution -- Behavioral testing -- Regression testing -- API monitoring -- Summary -- Part 4: Releasing an API Product -- Chapter 13: Deploying the API -- Continuous integration -- API versioning -- Incremental API versioning |
| Summary |
Unlock the power of APIs with expert guidance and techniques for successfully creating, testing, and maintaining products that align with customers and stand out in the market Key Features Understand the complete API product lifecycle, from planning to implementation, release, and maintenance Design and support API products that distinguish themselves on the market by meeting user needs Implement actionable techniques for developing, testing, and securing a successful API product Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description The exponential increase in the number of APIs is evidence of their widespread adoption by companies seeking to deliver value to users across diverse industries, making the art of building successful APIs an invaluable skill for anyone involved in product development. With this comprehensive guide, you'll walk through the entire process of planning, designing, implementing, releasing, and maintaining successful API products. You'll start by exploring all aspects of APIs, including their types, technologies, protocols, and lifecycle stages. Next, you'll learn how to define an API strategy and identify business objectives, user personas, and jobs-to-be-done (JTBD). With these skills, you'll delve into designing and validating API capabilities to create a machine-readable API definition. As you advance, the book helps you understand how to choose the right language and framework for securely releasing an API server and offers insights into analyzing API usage metrics, improving performance, and creating compelling documentation that users love. Finally, you'll discover ways to support users, manage versions, and communicate changes or the retirement of an API. By the end of this API development book, you'll have the confidence and skills to create API products that truly stand out in the market. What you will learn Master each stage of the API lifecycle Discover technologies and protocols employed in building an API product Understand the different API design definition and validation techniques Generate an API server from a machine-readable definition Understand how to set up and analyze API monitors Familiarize yourself with the different gateways for releasing an API Find out how to create an API portal that attracts users Gain insights into planning and communicating API retirement to users Who this book is for Building an API Product is a guide for product managers and software developers navigating the world of APIs to build programmable products. You don't have to be an experienced professional to learn from this book as long as you have basic knowledge of internet technologies and how users interact with a product |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Semantic API versioning |
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Application program interfaces (Computer software)
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Application software -- Development.
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Internet programming.
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APIs (interfaces)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1837638535 |
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9781837638536 |
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