Interdependence and collaboration between businesses and commercial sectors have changed in recent years with the use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). APIs have been around long enough for companies to know that they can use open web technologies to extend their services via in-app integrations. APIs allow two programs to communicate with one another and exchange data in a smooth manner. Once an API has been created, it is vital to test the interface to ensure that it is functional.

Elasticsearch is an open-source search engine and analytics store used by a variety of applications from search in e-commerce stores, to internal log management tools using the ELK stack (short for “Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana”). As a distributed database, your data is partitioned into “shards” which are then allocated to one or more servers.

TBC Bank is a technology-driven company in Georgia. We are happy to announce that we have chosen Kong to improve our API ecosystem and leverage its technological resources, expertise and international footprint to further simplify the daily lives of our users. TBC wanted to partner with a company that, in addition to providing the technology platform required to publish APIs in our bank, would also offer a strategy for developing and implementing API management principles.

This is the second part of our three-part blog series on APIs, sustainability and climate change. Missed the first part? Check it out here. In this blog, we examine ways to consume and embed APIs to make our own processes greener and show how APIs are the building blocks of a new wave of green innovation. The API economy – and therefore the ways we can use APIs to cut carbon emissions and make technology more sustainable – is not just about building APIs but consuming them too.

Our Five Key Points: As digital transformation becomes top priority to most businesses, more services and tools are going online. IPaaS meaning data integration platforms are one business solution that can help with data collation and analysis, for profit-boosting insights. But what is "iPaaS"? In this article, we'll examine the definition and meaning of "IPaaS." We'll also look at why you need to know about this acronym for your online business.

It’s always great to build something that makes money. The most successful businesses often find the easiest and most efficient ways to make money, while keeping costs and support to a minimum. After all, the best businesses and products are simply the ones that know how to build revenue. Many companies now look to monetizing their APIs as part of their overall monetization strategy. API monetization isn’t always easy though.

Building great apps and APIs is not an easy task. Even harder, is trying to monetize and create a sustainable business with them. As part of our mission to help companies create better products, we decided to put a bunch of effort towards helping businesses more easily monetize. Our no-code approach to billing is a simple and elegant way to very rapidly gain the capability to bill customers for usage. Easy monetization is the premise for our latest feature for generating revenue from your APIs.

The proliferation of microservices has led to many new innovative approaches in the software world. However, building robust, quality APIs that consistently deliver the business outcomes you desire can be a complex task. It’s no wonder a recent survey of organizations adopting microservices found that nearly 30% of the respondents listed “API quality” as one of their biggest challenges. API-based applications don’t just come in one flavor.

While APIs are often called as the new standard for integrating business applications, the topic of webhooks integration seems to be largely underrepresented in the how-to guides and reference literature. This is unfortunate, because actually, webhooks represent a powerful mechanism that allows to build event driven integrations with quite a high level of customization and functionality.