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2021  |  Issue #2  |  Blog
Hello API folks,

Long ago, before "API-first," there were no standard interfaces. No microservices. No open externalization. No reusability...

It wasn't until the Bezos API Mandate that we really started to see a new development style emerge across enterprises. In our featured article, we explore Amazon's legendary corporate memo and consider what it now symbolizes. 

Also, learn what it takes to scale and manage 1000+ APIs with another corporate case study. Plus, we cover 7 open-source OpenAPI doc generators, revisit OAuth, explore tips for endpoint security, and review API Discovery, a new API directory comparing security and legal compliances.

Hope 2021 is treating you better than 2020!
- Bill Doerrfeld, Editor in Chief, Nordic APIs

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The Bezos API Mandate: Amazon’s Manifesto For Externalization

By Nordic APIs

The Bezos API Mandate: Amazon’s Manifesto For Externalization

In 2002, according to tech legend, a mandate was issued by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. This mandate would serve to form the backbone of Amazon in the modern web space, informing both the API development paradigm in the corporate mindset and a general improved approach to externalizing API functions. Below, we’ll talk about the mandate and discuss why it has become so legendary in the API space. We’ll dive into each point’s specifics and look at how the mandate formed much of the modern thought around APIs and microservices...

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How To Manage 1000+ Specs At Scale

By Art Anthony

Learn how Target scaled its extensive corporate API spec catalog. Many developers are filled with dread at the thought of sitting down to write or maintain a specification or documentation for their API. Now, imagine that feeling of dread multiplied by 1,000x. That’s what Jay Dreyer, lead engineer at Target, was faced with when trying to get the company’s… shall we say, extensive collection of APIs in good shape. At the ASC 2020 event, hosted by Linux Foundation, Dreyer spoke via Zoom about some of the challenges he faced (and still faces today), as well as his use of things like OpenAPI Specification and Swagger tooling...

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7 Open-Source OpenAPI Documentation Generators

By Vyom Srivastava

7 Open-Source OpenAPI Documentation Generators

We review some of the best open-source OpenAPI v3 documentation generators. Excellent documentation makes API onboarding much easier — it reduces the time and effort involved in performing integrations for beginner consumers to advanced consumers. Simultaneously, a self-service API portal can decrease the customer support required of the API provider. Now, there are two ways by which you can generate documentation for your API. The first one is manually writing the documentation. The second method is using API documentation generators. With the right tool, you could generate complete documentation in just 5 minutes. Most of the large API-minded companies have switched to this method in some form...

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How OAuth Boosts API Security and Access Management

By Subho Halder

How OAuth Boosts API Security and Access Management

What Is OAuth authentication standard? App development on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows 10, and Linux has accelerated rapidly in the past few years with the help of standardized APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). However, with the increasing reliance on APIs, securing the communication and information exchange has become a priority. OAuth authentication has been instrumental in securely transmitting information between users and servers and between two platforms. Over the past few years, OAuth has become highly influential due to its quick and wide adoption across multiple sectors...

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How to Secure API Endpoints: 9 Tips and Solutions

By Gilad David Maayan

How to Secure API Endpoints: 9 Tips and Solutions

Why is it important to secure API endpoints? API endpoints are typically a URL exposed by a server, allowing other systems to connect and consume its services. API endpoints are entry points into corporate networks and often provide valuable or sensitive information. This makes them an attractive target for attackers. In this article, we’ll discuss cybersecurity attacks that target poorly secured endpoints. We’ll provide practical tips to improve API endpoint security to help prevent the next data breach.

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API Discovery: The Keys to the Castle

By Art Anthony

API Discovery: The Keys to the Castle

We review API Discovery, a new API directory focusing on security and legal compliance, and compare it to other API benchmarkers. In a previous article, we wrote about some of the exciting implications of API.Expert. The app offers an easy way to get a snapshot of an API’s performance and encourages increased accountability in the space. One limitation we highlighted was the lack of options for discovery within that service, with only the larger “household name” APIs being assessed. TeejLab’s API Discovery aims to address this gap in the market. Collating data from close to 16,000 APIs across 24 different categories, API Discovery encourages broader consumption while still allowing users to get information about APIs and their documentation, as well as executing requests on endpoints and running security tests.

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