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API design interview questions
According to Postman’s 2023 State of the API report, over 75% of respondents agree that developers at API-first companies are more productive,…
Updates to the Private API Network: new workflows for approval, discovery, and search
Postman’s Private API Network provides a centralized repository for publishing and distributing all of the APIs within your organization. It also supports…
OpenAPI vs. Swagger
Swagger 2 and OpenAPI 3 are API specifications that describe RESTful HTTP APIs in YAML- or JSON-based documents that can be read…
Translating user benefits into API capabilities
As part of my ongoing work designing the Postman Open Technologies Knowledge Base API, I have identified most of the technical characteristics…
What I learned from interviewing potential users before designing an API
I’ve been working on the Postman Open Technologies Knowledge Base project with the goal of implementing the Knowledge Base API. I’ve followed…
The 5 dimensions of API consistency
API governance often rhymes with consistency because consistent APIs significantly maximize the value generated by APIs. But achieving the creation of APIs…
Consistent API designs make people feel outrageously smart
API governance aims to help people maximize the value generated by APIs by fostering the creation of the right APIs in “the…
How to enhance your API-first design process
An API-first design should be reusable, interoperable, modifiable, user-friendly, secure, efficient, pragmatic, and—crucially—aligned with the organization’s goals. These essential traits will ensure…
RAML and API Blueprint: where are they now?
The API design battles have long been settled. But occasionally, someone asks, “Should I use RAML, or should I use OpenAPI?” If…