Building smarter, more robust API clients

http://blog.apiary.io/2015/02/17/Utilising-API-Blueprint-in-API-Clients

by zdne • 11 years ago

7 1 11 years ago

blog.apiary.io

Similar to this 'dynamic' query generation from .apib format, we're starting to build API clients using Apimatic's service. I really like the concept but wish they had a direct Apiary integration. Testing against .apib using Dredd has already proven very useful.

The better we can build these tools, then API integrations can be more a matter of service discovery and less manual mapping. I see a future where semi-automatic connections are made between microservices ("MicroSaaS") based on emerging standards in data practices. This would also help ditch REST where it becomes inefficient in favor of websockets/protobuf/etc.

Smart discovery of API versioning also crosses my mind, Stripe's API makes assumptions based on the user account age and inbound API call data, but clients could be smarter too.

Thanks for sharing! We do not use Swift but the overall concepts here should be discussed more often.

Building smarter, more robust API clients

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