Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

June 2019

A moving experience: How Kiwi.com built a travel platform with APIs

Our vision with Kiwi.com is to offer customers a way to buy travel insurance coverage, book a taxi from home to the train station, take a train to the airport, pick up a rental car, and drive to their destination all in one seamless customer experience. To do it, we’ve built a B2B platform, Tequila, which aims to be a one-stop travel booking shop for our partners, such as online travel agencies, airlines, brick-and-mortar agencies, and affiliated programs.

Safaricom: Harnessing the power of APIs to transform lives in Africa

Safaricom holds the distinction of being the largest telecommunications services provider in Kenya, but we’re aiming for an even loftier goal: empowering Kenyans with tools for economic growth. From venture capital investments in local startups to our commitment to United Nations (UN) sustainability goals, we prioritize the mission of transforming lives in our country.

Leroy Merlin: Transforming the Russian home improvement market with APIs

Leroy Merlin is expanding our network of retail stores rapidly in Russia, and as part of this expansion we are undertaking a digital transformation. Not only has this process tested our technological capabilities, but it also presents us with the challenge of transforming our mindset. To offer expanded services to our customers, we rely on a rich set of APIs and microservices created and managed in Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform.

You Can't Secure What You Can't See: Protecting APIs

Last year, it was briefly possible for anyone with rudimentary technical knowledge to upload and host files — including potentially malware — on a .gov website. The vulnerability resulted in protest posts and pranks but, thankfully, no lasting damage. Even so, as the most devious or most paranoid among you likely already recognize, this vulnerability had all the makings of a dangerous and effective phishing campaign.