such as API keys, tokens, or other credentials, can make sure only authorized applications access systems. Be sure to review the API’s data encryption standards. In addition, a well-designed API will conceal how its backend is implemented, allowing teams to make changes without adversely impact...
The MAJOR version here is the version used in the public API. This number is usually updated when a major or a breaking change is made to the API. Internally, such a change indicates that a new API instance or resource has been created altogether. The MINOR and PATCH versions are used i...
Be sure to review the API’s data encryption standards. In addition, a well-designed API will conceal how its backend is implemented, allowing teams to make changes without adversely impacting the client. Vendor lock-in. Relying heavily on a specific API provider for functionality important to ...
People:Building new capabilities is an ongoing challenge for most banks. A bank in the United Kingdom is using gamification as a fun and effective way to increase adoption of APIs and build technical capabilities. The bank rewards the team that builds the most-used API with badges or even mo...
API security By Kinza Yasar,Technical Writer What is API security? Application program interface (API) security refers to policies and procedures that protect APIs against malicious attacks and vulnerabilities. Because APIs are key to programming web-based interactions, they've become a target for...
An API integration is the connection between the APIs of two or more applications which allows the systems to exchange data to execute a joint function.
Apps are ubiquitous, an integral part of business and society. And behind nearly every app is an API, elevating API security to mission critical. APIs serve as the backend framework for most cloud-native applications, including mobile apps, web applications and SaaS as well as internal, partner...
In a microservices architecture, the API gateway is responsible for request routing, composition, and policy enforcement. It handles some requests by simply routing them to the appropriate backend service, and handles others by invoking multiple backend services and aggregating the results. ...
The Bulk API operates on a job-based model, where data processing occurs asynchronously. Developers create a job that defines the operation to be performed (insert, delete, update, etc.) and add batches of data to the job. The job is processed in the background, allowing developers to ...
The endpoint is where the API connects with Twitter’s backend system. When we make a request to the/statuses/update endpoint, the endpoint does the work of processing the request (letting the kitchen know what we want and how to prepare it – in this case with custom text) and sending ...