Jan 23, 2023
12 Free Tools for API Design, Development, and Testing
The rise of RESTful APIs has fueled a wave of free tools for designing, testing, and managing them, for beginners and experts alike.
Read more…APIContext Editorial Team
Blog & News
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Jan 19, 2023
Did Twitter kill third-party clients? Twitter API tells the story.
Twitter's API issues may be behind glitches affecting third-party apps like Tweetbot, Echofon, and Twitterrific, per TechCrunch.
Read more…APIContext Editorial Team
Jan 16, 2023
Top 3 Features You Need In An API Monitoring Service
An infographic on the three must-have features to look for when choosing an API monitoring service.
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Jan 10, 2023
6 Benefits of API Monitoring
An infographic outlining six concrete benefits of ongoing API monitoring, from uptime to customer experience.
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Jan 4, 2023
What is the right API for you
An infographic walking through the key factors — cost, support, reliability — for choosing the right API for your business.
Read more…APIContext Editorial Team
Dec 9, 2022
The Who, the What, and the Why of OWASP
Who are these people at OWASP? What are they working on? And why should we all be grateful?
Read more…Sophie McKay
Dec 8, 2022
What's Up With the Decrease in Tink CASC Score?
Most Tink API endpoints show a sharp rise in latency starting in late November, with a further spike in early December.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 28, 2022
So you have an API vulnerability. What does that mean and what can be done?
APIs have been around for decades, but they now power most of the internet. Here’s why they are important, and how to protect them.
Read more…Sophie McKay
Nov 23, 2022
Why we’re partnering with 42Crunch
Managing the API lifecycle is critical for organizations of all sizes, which is why we're excited to partner with 42Crunch.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 17, 2022
The new RSS is... RSS
Whatever happened to RSS and syndication feeds? The short answer is social media, as platforms reshaped how we consume content.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 8, 2022
DevOps Trouble in a Post-Twitter World
Ops teams often learn about outages on Twitter before status pages update, due to the lag in official incident reporting.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 3, 2022
New Agents Online!
APImetrics deployed new monitoring agents across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, expanding coverage to new regions including Jakarta.
Read more…Nick Denny
Oct 26, 2022
APImetrics, tomato pay and Finextra deliver a comprehensive report on UK Open Banking performance over the last year
APImetrics data shows Neobanks outperform CMA9 banks in UK Open Banking, suggesting technical debt limits quality API solutions.
Read more…David O'Neill
Oct 21, 2022
APImetrics announces 400% use growth
APImetrics announces 400% usage growth, driven by a recent acquisition, new product leadership, and its vision for API governance.
Read more…David O'Neill
Oct 19, 2022
APIs are growing faster than developers can handle
APIs are growing so fast, they are now more than half of most development efforts. But developer skills are not keeping up.
Read more…APIContext Editorial Team
Oct 19, 2022
p(50) Considered Useful
Why focus on p99 latency instead of p50? A look at why median response times can hide serious performance problems.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 15, 2022
OWASP API2:2019 - What is broken authentication and why it’s important
APIs need strong authentication to protect customer data. So, why is broken auth one of the biggest issues with APIs today?
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Oct 7, 2022
OWASP API1:2019 - What is broken object level authorization and why it’s important
Your data escapes when object level authorization is broken
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Sep 13, 2022
Brute Force Attacks and APIs - Watch Those Logs!
All developers know about brute force attacks, but monitoring your API logs constantly is key to catching these security threats.
Read more…APIContext Editorial Team
Sep 6, 2022
Will the Noosphere have an API? The 15th Artificial General Intelligence Conference suggests it will.
A recap of the 15th Artificial General Intelligence conference, held in person over four days after being organized since 2008.
Read more…Paul Cray
Aug 31, 2022
Postman and APImetrics: Better Together
Postman has become the go-to platform for API-first teams with over 20 million developers, simplifying the API development lifecycle.
Read more…David O'Neill
Aug 24, 2022
Twitter’s security issues are way worse than anyone thought
A whistleblower's complaint reveals Twitter's security and infrastructure issues run deeper than previously known, raising user data concerns.
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Jul 15, 2022
Anatomy of an Outage: Auth0
Auth0 suffered a major outage on June 21 tied to a wider Cloudflare edge provider issue, as tracked on their status page.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 14, 2022
Andrew Brown Joins APImetrics as Chief Product Officer
APImetrics has hired Andrew Brown as Chief Product Officer to help lead the company into a new phase of growth and innovation.
Read more…David O'Neill