API Access Protocols and API Types

Explore major API protocols including REST, RPC, and SOAP, and understand the different API product categories such as public, partner, internal, and composite APIs. Learn how these APIs align with business models like B2B, B2C, and more to serve targeted customer needs effectively.

We'll cover the following...

Types of API protocols and architectures
- Categorizing API products for efficient API management
- Business models for API products

Types of API protocols and architectures

The Google Maps API is probably the one that is most often used by people without them realizing it because it is used via an interface, such as Uber or Lyft. APIs allow products to use capabilities from another product or company in a seamless way. This dramatically reduces the complexity of building software, as these capabilities are often so extensive that it is not possible to develop them from scratch.

There are three major types of API protocols and architectures:

1.Introduction to the course

2.Part 1: The API Landscape

3.API as a Product

4.API Product Management

5.API Life Cycle and Maturity

6.Building and Managing API Products

7.Growth for API Products

8.Support Models for API Products

9.Part 2: Understanding the Customers

10.Walking in the Customer’s Shoes

11.Customer Expectations and Goals

12.Components of the API Experience

13.Part 3: Deep Dive into Key Metrics for API Products

14.Infrastructure Metrics

15.API Product Metrics

16.Business Metrics

17.Part 4: Setting a Cohesive Analytics Strategy

18.Drawing the Big Picture with Data

19.Keeping Metrics Honest

20.Counter Metrics to Avoid Blind Spots

21.Decision-Making with Data

22.Conclusion

API Access Protocols and API Types

Types of API protocols and architectures