APIs—application programming interfaces—are the fastest growing, business-influencing technology in the IT industry today. Enterprises the world over are looking at ways to digitally transform their business and reach out to end users through multiple channels. One great way to do this is by making their business assets developer friendly and providing or encouraging easy-to-use APIs. Why is this important? Developers use APIs to build cool apps for the end-users. Apps use APIs on the backend to connect to data and services. An API management solution can help enterprises extend their services as APIs and bring in more users and revenue.
But to maximize the impact, a company’s architects and program managers need to define the functional and non-functional requirements of APIs. The journey starts with identifying the business assets. Then the API team needs to identify and define the requirements around traffic management, security, mediation, and orchestration. They also must have be able to define metrics for the analytics that can measure the success of the overall API Program. API documentation and the ease of developer onboarding also determine the success of the APIs. Finally, monetization of these APIs leads to revenue generation for the enterprise.
All this and more is covered in API Management: Developing and Managing API's for your Organisation. Authors De and Doda—both experts in building and managing API solutions—provide enterprise architects, designers ,and technologists with insight into the world of APIs and the various technical aspects of building and managing an effective API Management solution. This book:
- Introduces the basics of APIs and highlights their value
- Provides an overview of technologies for building an API management solution and defines the requirements
- Offers design principles for building developer-friendly APIs
- Explains ho
Finally API Management touches various technical nuances of creating, distributing, and managing an API. This book will not only help you learn how to design, build, deploy and manage an API for an enterprise scale, but also generate revenue for the organization.
- ISBN: 978-1-4842-1306-3
- Editorial: Apress
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Fecha Publicación: 07/04/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés