Dzone webinar : Making integration suck less
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Let's face it. API integration sucks. Well one at a time, not so bad. But it's never just a one-and-done scenario. If you are designing and building at least one API integration, odds are you're building 5+ integrations. Each one of those APIs has its own learning curve, its own nuances, its own reasons for going down (or getting updated). We'll look at some of the trends we are seeing among service providers that improve the developer experience and make some recommendations to ensure the APIs we're building today are fit for purpose tomorrow. What you'll learn: -Integration trends for 2018 -Good, usable API design: Eventing, Security, Documentation -Recap and learnings from The State of API Integration Report 2017 -Sneak peek of The State of API Integration Report 2018, coming in March 2018
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- 1. #SoAI18 @CloudElements SUCK LESS 2018 Trends and API Design Best Practices Making Integration
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- 3. #SoAI18 @CloudElements HOUSEKEEPING - Submit your questions - Slides, recording, will be available after the webinar - Start tweeting! - #SoAI18 - @CloudElements
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- 8. #SoAI18 @CloudElements PROLIFERATION OF PUBLIC APIs 757% . Increase in Web APIs January 2010 - January 2016
- 9. #SoAI18 @CloudElements Cloud Elements 2017 - Confidential & Proprietary APOCALYPSE OF SCALE
- 11. #SoAI18 @CloudElements Available March 29th, 2018! IN REGARDS TO API INTEGRATION, WHAT ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS & PARTNERS DEMANDING?
- 12. #SoAI18 @CloudElements WHERE IN API TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES DO YOU SEE GAPS OR NEED FOR INNOVATION? Available March 29th, 2018!
- 14. #SoAI18 @CloudElements AUTHENTICA TION POLL QUESTION: What is your preferred authentication mechanism for APIs? ● OAUTH1 ● OAUTH2 ● API Key ● Basic ● Custom
- 15. #SoAI18 @CloudElements AUTHENTICA TION FACTOR IN SECURITY OVER 59% . of APIs are using an authentication mechanism that is not OAUTH2. OAUTH2 is preferred mechanism for token-based access.
- 18. #SoAI18 @CloudElements “ 58% OF ENDPOINTS SUPPORT SOME METADATA DISCOVERYOne caveat to this research is that it’s heavily weighted by the custom integrations provided by Cloud Elements. It’s natural for us to support cooperative endpoints. Our sense that industry-wide, less than 15% of endpoints actually support discovery.
- 19. #SoAI18 @CloudElements Dynamics CRM {Contact} Salesforce CRM {Contact} Dynamics CRM {Contact}
- 20. #SoAI18 @CloudElements ID or “primary key”. Name Property. Required. Nullable string Related Object by ID (which object?) Required. Must be number between 0 and 100, no decimal places. Simple /Contact object, right?
- 21. #SoAI18 @CloudElements FOCUS ON THE DATA YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR data inside each app is where all the value lies
- 23. #SoAI18 @CloudElements Request: How do I deliver APIs to support reactive user experiences, processes, behaviors and device interactions? MobileWeb IoT Business Processes Microservices Response: Make your APIs work for these scenarios by using event-driven patterns that alleviate constraints of REST
- 24. #SoAI18 @CloudElements Does your application offer webhooks? ● Yes ● No ● What are webhooks?! WEBHOOKS POLL QUESTION:
- 25. #SoAI18 @CloudElements EIGHTY PERCENT OF DEVELOPERS PREFER TO USE WEBHOOKS OVER OTHER METHODS
- 26. #SoAI18 @CloudElements yet only 29% of applications actually support webhooks
- 27. #SoAI18 @CloudElements And the alternatives aren’t a great option...
- 28. #SoAI18 @CloudElements THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES
- 29. #SoAI18 @CloudElements IN SUMMARY... - Integration doesn’t need to suck - Customers & Developers expect more from your API! - API Design Considerations - Auth & API Security - Docs & Metadata - Event-Driven Integration
- 30. #SoAI18 @CloudElements ROSS GARRETT . VP Marketing Cloud Elements @gssor RAPHA BARBO Developer Experience Manager Cloud Elements @raphael_barbo Q & A ! TIME FOR
- 31. #SoAI18 @CloudElements Coming Soon! Early access link coming your way!
Editor's Notes
- BUT WHY?
- Yet getting APIs to work is a far greater problem than simple “connecting” And it’s connecting that you’ll many vendors talking about.
- We’re heading towards an apocalypse of scale.
- Support some metadata discovery -- not quite as comprehensive.
- This is just a really simple example of the same system represents the SAME data, in very different ways.
- Web applications are just the beginning - HTTP is now being used across all kinds of applications, platforms and devices. So ask an obvious question Get an obvious answer!
- As you can see - REST APIs are common to all, but there are many eventing technologies in use, Facebooks offers Webhooks to developers, while AMQP & HTTP