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What is the difference between SOAP and REST?
SOAP and REST are two mechanisms for exchanging data on the Internet. For example, imagine that your internal accounting system is passing data to a […]
How to version the API?
API versioning directly affects the overall success of an API, and it requires careful planning to ensure that it is done methodically. API vendors should […]
Best practices API
API best practices can be any tips your development team wants to communicate to developers about working with APIs. There is no set number of […]
SDK and sample applications
The terms API and SDK are often used together, but they are not synonymous. SDKs implement a language-independent REST API in a specific language, such […]
Error codes and statuses
Status and error codes are a number in the response header that indicates the general classification of the response – for example, whether the request […]
Consequences of API security shortfalls
Why do even APIs need authentication? For APIs that are read-only, sometimes users don’t need keys. But most commercial APIs require authorization in the form […]