The API Economy in a Mobile World What are we talking about?

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1 IBM BusinessConnect A New Era of Thinking The API Economy in a Mobile World What are we talking about? Frank van der Wal Human Being Digital Transformation Specialist IBM Corporation

2 A New Era of Thinking Just to be synchronized API s are as old as 2 Strong need to standardize REST API s Swagger (OpenAPI) Socialize

3 Just to be synchronized HTTP verbs are used to suggest the action against the resource The path narrows the request to a resource (ex: accounts ) on a target system Query-parametercan be used to provide specifics values for the action against the resource GET POST PUT DELETE Standard HTTP host and (optionally) port designation Path-parameters link to the resource 3

4 If I were to wake you up in the middle of the night and ask what are the drivers for APIs, what would you say? q Regulations. For example PSD2 for banking q New Business models are build on APIs. For Example: Booking.com q MicroServices 4

5 Business API = Web API = Productized Service What is a Business API? Public persona for an enterprise; exposing defined assets, data or services for public consumption Simple for app developers to use, access and understand Can easily be invoked What Value Does a Business API Provide? Extends an enterprise and opens new markets by allowing external app developers to easily leverage, publicize and/or aggregate a company s assets for broad-based consumption What assets, data or services are exposed via a Business API?: Product catalogs Store listings Order status Inventory Social interaction 5 App Developer

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7 API Economy Supply Chain Make sure to have clear defined APIs using open standards like REST/JSON Shortly 80% of mobile apps are using APIs Make sure to securely open up Enterprise Services as APIs Make sure to socialize APIs for a large usage Make sure to use Analytics to monitor user experience and enhance API. 7

8 A New Era of Thinking Global innovation: 7 billion ideas Unleash. Develop. Disrupt billion ideas

9 API Success is not done by one person API Product Manager How can I rapidly release & update my APIs? How do I publicize my API? How do I measure success? App Developer Where do I access APIs? How do I understand the APIs? How do I measure success? API Developer How do I assemble APIs? How do I manage security? Will the infrastructure scale? How do I measure performance? Operations Lead How can I scale each environment? How can I easily find and fix issues? How do I manage the APIs that are being requested? 9

10 Clearly: you need tooling to What does API Connect provide? Automated, visual and coding options for creating APIs Node.js and Java support for creating Microservices Integrated enterprise grade clustering, management and security for Node.js and Java Lifecycle and governance for APIs, Products and Plans Access control over API s, API Plans and API Products Advanced API usage analytics Customizable, self service developer portal for publishing APIs Policy enforcement, security and control Create Secure Run Manage 10

11 Wrap-up: {API s} Directives, New Business Models, Dockers/MicrServices Talk RESTful, be open, be clear, be social 80% of Mobile apps are going to consumer REST APIs APIs can be considered as applications à lifecycle APIs require full organization's attention APIs need proper tooling 11

12 12 A New Era of Thinking A New Era of Thinking Product Page API developer community developer.ibm.com/apiconnect YouTube Channel youtube.com/ibmapiconnect LinkedIn Private user group IBM API Connect 12