Sep 27, 2017
Why Measure Your API?
A tale of two identical API calls from well-known American companies shows how differently performance can turn out in practice.
Read more…David O'Neill
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Sep 25, 2017
Trust But Verify...
APIContext helps companies verify whether their cloud hosting and optimization services actually deliver what they claim to.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 11, 2017
PSD1 (Payment Service Directive): Show Me The Money
A look back at the European Single Market's early-1990s origins and the vested interests that slowed its progress toward reality.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 11, 2017
PSD2, APIs and Performance, and Quality Monitoring
PSD2 will revolutionize European banking by mandating open APIs, making performance and quality monitoring essential for banks.
Read more…David O'Neill
Aug 22, 2017
Artificial Intelligence: AGI, AI, API – and AIPI?
AI and APIs no longer mean what they used to. This post explores how the definition of artificial intelligence has shifted over time.
Read more…Paul Cray
Aug 17, 2017
Artificial Intelligence, AGIs and APIs: What are AGIs?
John McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence in 1955, but AI concepts had already existed for several years before that.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jul 31, 2017
Location Latency Mapping
APIContext launches its first version of a tool that visualizes API latency data by location, mapping every step of a call we log.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 31, 2017
New Resource: Global HTTP bin network
APIContext introduces a global HTTP bin network, giving developers and product owners new tools to measure performance across regions and clouds.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 12, 2017
Never Mind the Quality: The Depth and Breadth of API Management
An SDTimes article calls API management the glue holding the app economy together, and this post explains why that's exactly right.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jul 12, 2017
Party Like it’s 1999! PHP and XML-RPC Under the Hood
Despite REST and JSON's popularity, many APIs still run on the venerable XML-RPC specification dating back all the way to 1999.
Read more…Nick Denny
Jul 3, 2017
API Monitoring: Getting The Measure Of It (But Not For The Sake Of Measurement)
API management systems generate logs and alerts for errors, but true API monitoring requires more than just watching for HTTP failures.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jun 22, 2017
Your API Management System: Using The Wrong Tool Can Be Dangerous, Cost More, And Take Longer
IT teams must manage the APIs that businesses increasingly rely on as vital components of mission-critical workflows and operations.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jun 16, 2017
Want To Monitor Internal APIs? It's As Easy as Raspberry Pi
Testing from 64 cloud locations worldwide isn't always possible for purely internal APIs, which need a different monitoring approach.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jun 15, 2017
What Are Your APIs Doing Right Now, In The Real World? API Integration And Management
API integration is a hot topic as more businesses use APIs to connect services across internal teams and external providers alike.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jun 7, 2017
Feature Updates
Two changes this week. Reporting (All Locations) You can now generate reports which show the combined results from all locations.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jun 1, 2017
Leavin' On A Jet Plane (Or Not, If You Tried To Fly British Airways)
A British Airways IT outage stranded tens of thousands of travelers, revealing how fragile systems can cause massive logistical chaos.
Read more…Paul Cray
May 24, 2017
What is a Web API? APIContext Explains it All
What is a web API? A common question we hear often, answered here in plain language for anyone new to the concept.
Read more…Paul Cray
May 23, 2017
API Changes: Making Sure Your Calls Work After The Switch
APIs are subject to change over time, and good providers give users proper notice before altering endpoints or methods.
Read more…Paul Cray
May 22, 2017
2030 Web Resources: Intelligent Knowledge Bases & Event Horizons?
RESTful API interest has grown exponentially since 2004. If that trend continues, what might the web look like by 2030.
Read more…Paul Cray
May 19, 2017
Chase and Expensify: No, You Can't Expense It (For Now)
A Chase and Expensify integration outage on May 18 left customers unable to upload expenses, highlighting the risk of API failures.
Read more…Paul Cray
May 16, 2017
4 Big API Questions that Every API Stakeholder Needs to Answer
Every API stakeholder must answer four key questions: discovery, documentation, authorization, and how the API actually performs.
Read more…Paul Cray
May 11, 2017
API Call Locations Added! More India, More USA, More Europe, More Australasia
APIContext adds 20 new API call locations, including multiple India options, a second Korea site, and more coverage across Europe.
Read more…David O'Neill
May 1, 2017
Anatomy of a Dying API
API owners often bury critical changes, leaving dependent apps exposed. Monitoring your APIs gives you the early warning you need before they break.
Read more…David O'Neill
Apr 27, 2017
Are You Monitoring Your API Security?
There are many ways to monitor API security, from simple HTTP checks to more advanced methods for APIs with real protection in place.
Read more…David O'Neill