Speed up application development
Using standardised communication protocols makes it easier to integrate digital components
Decrease operational costs
Using a unified solution by managing a set of API’s in stead of separate communication mechanisms decresaes operational costs.
Simplify integration with implementation partners
Your partners can easily build your websites, apps and connect your SAAs solutions.
API’s
Open up your services, and connect your digital components. This all starts with setting up API’s that can be consumed by internal and external digital platforms.
Increase collaboration between teams
Opening up the API’s internally allows for easier integration between your teams and departments.
Driving innovation
Your IT systems are better accessible, therefore it costs less resources to experiment and test new ideas.
Increase user engagement
When your API’s are publicly available, there are more options available for your users to consume your services.
Important features of your API’s
API’s have many pros, but they require correct implementation and management. How can we ensure this is fullfilled?
Use OpenAPI/ Swagger
The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand the capabilities of the service without access to source code, documentation, or through network traffic inspection.
Secure your API’s
Ensure that your API’s are developed in a secure way. Use SSL as a transport protocol and authorize users using API-keys.
Document your API’s
A complete and up to date documentation enables other developers to consumer your API’s correctly.
Build for scale
When the number of API’s is growing it becomes more difficult to predict the number of requests you’ll receive and that you need to serve. This might have a large impact on the underlaying applications that provide that data to your API’s. Therefore you must build for scale.