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The 8 Best API Documentation Examples for 2024

Your API documentation is just as important as your API. It defines how easy it is for users to learn, understand, and use your open-source or paid-for product. In this post, DreamFactory highlights eight of the best API documentation examples from well-known tools. You can use these examples for inspiration when creating your API docs. Here are the key takeaways to know about each of these API documentation examples.

Private vs. Internal APIs: Similarities and Differences

Private APIs vs. internal APIs – at first glance, they might seem synonymous, given their non-public nature. However, delving deeper reveals unique characteristics and purposes for each. As with any technical concept, a clear understanding is key to harnessing its full potential. To help navigate this intricate landscape, this article aims to demystify these terms, shedding light on their similarities and, more importantly, their differences.

What is API Led Connectivity | Understanding API-Led Connectivity

APIs (application programming interfaces) are increasingly acting as the “missing link” to help organizations integrate all their systems, applications, and databases. So how can you take advantage of API integrations for yourself? The answer is API-led connectivity. API-led connectivity is a systematic approach that uses APIs to seamlessly integrate diverse technologies within an organization, enabling efficient data and application access while fostering agility and innovation.

Understanding Dreamfactory's Docker and Kubernetes Pricing Model

We’re excited to unveil our brand-new Docker and Kubernetes offerings, specifically tailored to give you more flexibility, scalability, and options to manage and deploy your software. As always, transparency is a cornerstone of our relationship with our customers. To ensure clarity, we’ve put together this guide to help you understand our pricing structure for these offerings.

5 Essential Technologies for Microservices App Development

Building a microservices-based application requires a wide range of tools and technologies. Since these tools/technologies work together like a multi-faceted puzzle, it’s difficult for a beginner to understand what they are and why they’re necessary. The goal of this guide is to provide an accessible introduction to each of these essential concepts – all in one place.

How APIs are Powering Digital Transformation for Energy and Utilities

Energy and utilities providers are currently facing more uncertainty than ever before. Volatile prices, geopolitical instability, new technologies and more demands for going green are threatening the future of the entire industry. As a result, their IT teams are under tremendous pressure to start powering digital transformation through productivity improvements, capital efficiencies and development of new revenue streams.

7 Tips for Creating a Successful API

Frequent deployment of APIs can quickly create a software system that is like an overgrown garden, riddled with weeds, bugs, failed integrations, and ill-fitting use cases. Overloaded API collections prevent changes without causing failures. More commonly, they limit the visibility needed to recognize opportunities for feature optimization. Creating a successful API can go a long way to ensuring your organization can avoid many of these problems.

How to Version REST APIs: A Comprehensive Guide

Versioning REST APIs is crucial for ensuring seamless interactions between software applications. In this tutorial, we’ll discuss how to version REST APIs, ensuring that developers can evolve their APIs without disrupting existing users. Here’s what you need to know about REST API versioning: Table of Contents.

The 7 Steps To Building an API Ecosystem

API adoption is at an all-time high. According to research by Coleman Parkes Research, 88 percent of enterprises use them. With Application Programming Interface ecosystems, businesses can share their existing assets and capabilities with external parties. They can extend the value of these Application Programming Interfaces both internally and externally to share knowledge, tools and resources.