API Development
Every software developer is aware of how ineffective or poorly understood API requests can create significant bottlenecks, leading to performance issues, security vulnerabilities, and frustrated users. What’s more, without a solid grasp of API interactions, developers risk building systems that are slow, fragile, or hard to scale.
Whether you're sending data, retrieving information, or integrating with third-party services, understanding API requests is crucial for building resilient and performant applications. So, what seems to be the obstacle?
That’s precisely what this guide aims to accomplish—providing a detailed look at API requests, from their core concepts to advanced techniques, ensuring your implementations are as efficient and robust as possible. Let's dive deep into the nuances of API requests and their role in modern software systems.
November 19, 2024 | 13 min read
API Development
As we begin to round out 2024 and think about what the future holds for APIs, we wanted to get some perspective from the folks who are leading the way from the code up, so to speak.
At the “world’s largest gathering of API developers” earlier this month, we interviewed some of those folks and watched others speak on subjects ranging from building APIs for AI to promoting DevEx in the enterprise.
What really hit home was the idea that as more and more companies attempt to maximize the benefits of API-led development, they need savvy engineers coding the way.
November 19, 2024 | 12 min read
Telepresence
Telepresence 2.20 has landed, and it's packed with features to streamline your Kubernetes development process.
The key developments center on three main areas:
Finer-tuned controls
November 18, 2024 | 3 min read
API Development
Blackbird vs Gravitee: From Idea to Deployment in 3 Minutes
At this year’s API World Hackathon, teams from all over brought their skills, creativity, and grit to tackle challenges and showcase what’s possible with modern API development tools. One of our challenges was to show how quickly a team could be a quality API both using Blackbird (the API development platform) and another tool of their choice, ideally organically highlighting the rapid acceleration that Blackbird brings to the development game.
Gravitee vs. Blackbird
November 13, 2024 | 4 min read
API Development
A Guide to Efficient Data Handling
Imagine you’re doing API testing, and you're ready to try a GET request to fetch data. Since you're new to this, you're not entirely sure what to expect, so you go ahead and send your request.
However, when the response arrives, it isn't clear if you've received all the data or if part of it is still on the way. That's where Content-Length comes in. The Content-Length HTTP header defines exactly how much data you should expect in an API response, which is crucial in API development and API Mocking to ensure data accuracy.
November 13, 2024 | 13 min read
API Development
GroceryGuardian’s 2024 Hackathon Win Shows Intense Acceleration
As a part of the API World 2024 Hackathon Challenge, we asked teams to create an API as quickly as possible in Blackbird and another solution to organically demonstrate the level of acceleration and speed that Blackbird can bring to the development table.
One of our winning teams, the GroceryGuardian team, built the same API in two environments. One was created in Blackbird api development, where Go is used to create the various endpoints and test the API with its mock feature. The other was built with Python and FastAPI. They also created unit tests and mock data from the database and used the Postgres DB database in both cases.
November 12, 2024 | 6 min read
