Developer Portal
Explore the role of developer portals in API management, including how they provide essential resources like documentation, credentials, status updates, and integration guides. Understand how portals enhance developer experience by offering secure access, error logs, account management, and changelogs, enabling smoother API adoption and usage.
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An API developer portal is a website that provides developers with the information and resources they need to effectively use and integrate with a company’s API. It serves as a one-stop shop for developers to access documentation, tutorials, code samples, and other resources that help them to understand and use the API.
It is common to use a developer’s <domain name> as the URL for the developer portal. The following screenshot shows the developer portal for Google, where developers can explore all the developer tools offered by Google.
The Google developer portal also offers a developer expert directory that allows experts on Google developer tools to connect with organizations that need them.
Google offers an API console where developers can manage their applications and credentials, as shown in the following screenshot.
API developer portals are essential for any organization that offers an API, as they help to increase the adoption of the API by making it easy for developers to understand, use, and integrate into their applications. A developer-friendly portal can also help to build a strong developer community and foster collaboration.
API credentials
API credentials typically consist of two main components: an API key and a secret key. Let’s look at these in more detail:
API key: ...