DEPLOY A WEB API IN 15’

All-in-one platform for Web APIshttp://apispark.com

October 24, 2013

Jérôme LOUVELjlouvel@restlet.com

CEO

WEB API PROJECTTYPICAL LIFE CYCLE

Create Host Manage Use Promote

1) Do It Yourself (DIY)

long, risky, expensive but highly flexible

2) Platform as a Service (PaaS)

integrated, fast, cost effective

BUILD YOUR DATA SOURCE

Step 1

DIY APPROACH

Select a database technology

that scales

Specify the schema

tables / sets, keys / queries, indexes

Setup the database

On premise or in the Cloud

Ensure security, high availability and performances

From days to weeks

PAAS WAYSOCIAL LOGIN

PAAS WAYYOUR DASHBOARD

PAAS WAYENTITY STORE CREATION

PAAS WAYDATABASE AS A SERVICE

CREATE YOUR WEB API

Step 2

DIY APPROACH

Select an API framework that

Lets you be productive and gets you on the way

Leverages your skills

Ensures your web API will scale and be secure

Write the code

Code, debug, unit tests

Read, write, update your data

Package the code

From days to weeks

PAAS WAYWEB API CREATION

PAAS WAYFULLY AUTOMATED

DEPLOY YOUR WEB API

Step 3

DIY APPROACH

Choose a deployment target Private hosting with firewall / DMZ Public hosting : Cloud / Dedicated

Select an API management solution Build your own from Open source, third

party products Leverage an API management service :

plug it in tasks and side effects

Guaranty your SLA Test, QA, iterate, benchmark…

From days to weeks to get started

PAAS WAYINSTANT DEPLOY AND AUTO SCALE

PROMOTE YOUR API

Step 4

DIY APPROACH

Write your API documentation

Annotated your API code and generate ?

Use HTML tooling ?

Maintenance costs (versions sync)

Write your client SDKs

Write first SDKs or use a generator

Hope for community contributions for others ?

Test, QA, iterate, etc.

From days to weeks to get started

PAAS WAYGENERATE CLIENT SDKS

PAAS WAYBUILT-IN ANALYTICS

HOW MANY APIS ? TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN

Web Site

Pages + API

Browser

Connected devices

Smartenvironment

Business Partners Internal IT

HTTP

FINAL THOUGHTS

How to build 1 million API in 2017 ?– with radically simpler PaaS for Web APIs– an equivalent of Wordpress.com & Tumblr for APIs– truly democratize Web APIs !

Source: Wired / June 2013

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jlouvel@restlet.com Research report written by Kin Lanefor GigaOM, undersigned by Restlet