PODCAST

Synopsis

• What is an API?
• Clarifying "public" with respect to APIs
• Why build an API?
• APIs as a means of breaking down components and compartmentalizing data
• API design considerations
• The effect of microservices
• Versioning an API
  • Maintaining multiple versions
  • Using a message upgrade service
  • Only adding to the API
  • The cost of maintaining backward compatibility
  • Using speed as an incentive to get customers to upgrade to a later version
• SignalR/Websockets
• Balancing data between an API and a webhook
• Services that integrate with APIs (e.g. IFTTT, Zapier)
• Native integration with 3rd party services
• Authentication
  • Token-based
  • OAuth2
  • Application-specific tokens
  • Expiring tokens
  • Applying permissions to tokens