Building an API Product : design, implement, and release API products that meet user needs / Bruno Pedro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedro, Bruno, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Application program interfaces (Computer software).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Internet programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited, 2024.

Biography/History:

Pedro Bruno: Bruno Pedro is a computer science professional with over 25 years of experience in the industry. Throughout his career, he has worked on a variety of projects, including Internet traffic analysis, API backends and integrations, and Web applications. He has also managed teams of developers and founded several companies, including tarpipe, an iPaaS, in 2008, and the API Changelog in 2015. In addition to his work experience, Bruno has also made contributions to the API industry through his written work, including two published books on API-related topics and numerous technical magazine and web articles. He has also been a speaker at numerous API industry conferences and events from 2013 to 2018.

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.

Contents:

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

Chapter 3: API-as-a-Product

Business value

Monetization models

The freemium model

Tiered model

PAYG model

Support and documentation

Security

Logging and monitoring

Rate-limiting

Authentication and authorization

Chapter 4: API Life Cycle

Design

Implementation

Release

Maintenance

Part 2: Designing an API Product

Chapter 5: Elements of API Product Design

Technical requirements

Ideation

Strategy

Definition

Validation

Specification

Chapter 6: Identifying an API Strategy

The meaning of strategy

Stakeholders

Business objectives

Personas

Behaviors

Chapter 7: Defining and Validating an API Design

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

Chapter 8: Specifying an API

Choosing the type of API to build

Different types of APIs

API specification formats

OpenAPI

IDL (protocol buffers)

GraphQL

WSDL

AsyncAPI

Creating a machine-readable API definition

Following API governance rules

API design

API life cycle management

Part 3: Implementing an API Product

Chapter 9: Development Techniques

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

Chapter 10: API Security

What is API security?

Security testing

Authentication

API key management

Token management

Authorization

RBAC

OAuth scopes

Chapter 11: API Testing

Contract testing

Performance testing

Acceptance testing

Chapter 12: API Quality Assurance

Defining QA

Test planning and execution

Behavioral testing

Regression testing

API monitoring

Part 4: Releasing an API Product

Chapter 13: Deploying the API

Continuous integration

API versioning

Incremental API versioning

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Semantic API versioning

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781837638536

1837638535

OCLC:

1419871019