eBook - ePub

Building an API Product

Name: Building an API Product
ISBN: 9781837638536

Design, implement, and release API products that meet user needs

Bruno Pedro,

278 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

Building an API Product

Design, implement, and release API products that meet user needs

Bruno Pedro,

About this book

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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