API Management

Maximize the impact of your assets and business services by providing APIs for developers andother users. The journey described in this book starts with identifying business assets. As partof the API team, you then need to identify and define the requirements of traffic management,security, mediation, and orchestration. You also must define metrics for the analytics tomeasure the success of the overall API program. API documentation and the ease of developeronboarding also determine the success of the APIs. Finally, monetization of these APIs leads torevenue generation for the enterprise.Authors De—an expert in building and managing API solutions—provides enterprise architects,designers, and technologists with insight into the world of APIs and the various technical aspectsof building and managing an effective API management solution. API Management:Developing and ManagingAPIs for your Organization:• Introduces the basics of APIs and highlights their value• Provides an overview of technologies for building an API management solution anddefines the requirements, including how to build a RESTful API• Offers design principles for building developer-friendly APIs• Explains how to secure your APIs• Shows how to use API analytics to measure the success of your APIs• Demonstrates how to monetize APIsFinally, API Management touches on various technical nuances of creating, distributing,and managing an API. This book will not only help you learn how to design, build, deploy, andmanage an API for an enterprise scale, but also generate revenue for your organization.