API 101: SOAP vs. REST
There’s a lot of talk within the application programming interface (API) industry about SOAP vs. REST that makes for a lively debate. Back…
Read more →API 101: What Is a SOAP API?
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is a message specification for exchanging information between systems and applications. When it comes to application programming…
Read more →API 101: What Is a REST API?
REpresentational State Transfer (REST) is a software architectural style that developers apply to web application programming interfaces (APIs). (Learn more fundamentals in…
Read more →API 101: Learning with Open Access SOAP APIs
Even though the philosophy of REST (Representational State Transfer) dominates today’s world of APIs, the older SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is…
Read more →Introducing 15 Days of Postman: test challenge for API testing professionals
As an API testing professional, how do you measure up when it comes to your Postman skills? Assess your Postman experience in…
Read more →Don’t panic: a developer’s guide to building secure GraphQL APIs
At this year’s API Specifications Conference (ASC), Postman Developer Advocate Meenakshi Dhanani shared the dos and don’ts of designing secure GraphQL APIs….
Read more →How I Built a Daily Habit Counter to Exercise: Notion API and Postman
The wonderful world of home fitness. Like many of us during these recent years of COVID lockdowns, I decided to explore indoor…
Read more →Introducing APIs to Access and Manage Server-Level Responses on a Mock Server
Server errors make for a poor user experience, so it’s important to handle them correctly. While this is a common scenario, it’s…
Read more →Visualizing a Globally Distributed Team Using Multiple APIs
If the 2020 pandemic has taught us anything, remote-first work culture is the way of the future. As a new developer advocate…
Read more →Trading Stocks Made Easy with the lemon.markets API
This is a guest post written by Joanne Snel, community developer at lemon.markets. Picture this: Your friends have been on your back…
Read more →Beyond Blockchain Data: Use Tatum’s API to Build Full Blockchain Apps
This is a guest post written by Evan Vischi, community manager at Tatum. There are many different types of blockchain APIs, and…
Read more →Negative Testing for More Resilient APIs
I’ve previously shared how to build resilient APIs with chaos engineering and security hacking with the Big List of Naughty Strings. I’ve…
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