Companies of all sizes increasingly depend on APIs as a key enabler of their technology strategy. Once focused on internal integrations and efficiencies, today’s digital businesses recognize APIs as a means of creating new revenue streams by extending their products and services via API-enabled partnerships. A new offering from Rapid provides an …
New “Rapid API Learn” Website: A One-Stop-Shop for Developer Education
As the API economy continues to evolve, so too do the needs of the developers involved in creating and using APIs. Thus, finding new ways to engage the global development community — everyone from individual developers to those working in teams to those working in large enterprises — is essential. One way to do that is through education and …
Finding Gold at the End of the Rainbow with API Monetization
As APIs continue to flourish and become indispensable tools for building modern software applications, interest in API monetization has skyrocketed. As a result, developers today are finding pots of gold by building and selling APIs. Here at Rapid, we’re excited to provide the “rainbow” where forward-thinking developers and businesses can …
Announcing Rapid’s New Website
The goal of our new brand identity that we launched back in November was to better reflect the core values guiding our mission to empower developers everywhere to create transformative software. As the API economy continues to evolve, so do the needs of the developer community and this means finding new ways to engage developers from across the …
Why We Love APIs
You might not be moved to send a dozen roses to the creators of your favorite APIs, but those of us in the DevOps community have likely declared our love for an API or two recently. By enabling systems and applications to interface with one another in order to send and receive information and resources, APIs are a lifesaver for developers working …
Cloud and API: A perfect match or a complex pair?
The shift toward cloud-native architectures, as well as multi-cloud and hybrid cloud structures, has impacted the API economy in many ways. More and more companies have begun to move their infrastructure and applications to the cloud, which dramatically changes the way that APIs are created, deployed, and managed. At the same time, APIs are being …
Rapid Announces Debut of AI API Collection
An ever-increasing number of developers are using AI APIs to help create and build super-smart apps that can turbocharge the user experience. As a result of this growing trend, the number of available AI APIs is exploding, making it easier and more efficient for developers to tap into the advanced capabilities of AI, such as image recognition, …
What’s Driving the Buzz Around GPT APIs?
Unless you’ve been hiding under the proverbial rock for the last few weeks, it’s likely you have read or heard about ChatGPT, which is rapidly becoming the most talked-about tool on the internet. Released to the public in December 2022 by OpenAI, the text-generation tool based on GPT3 signals a dramatic revolution in AI technology. Cheap, easily …
Leveraging AI APIs for Super-Intelligent Applications
No matter the topic, it seems the whole world is buzzing about artificial intelligence (AI). And for good reason: AI holds vast promise due to its power to process and analyze massive quantities of data at rapid speeds, as well as its knack for quickly and effectively predicting data-based outcomes. The API world is no different. AI APIs are …
Rapid Helps IATA Take Flight with an Open API Hub For The Airline Industry
When considering what makes up the air travel ecosystem (airlines, airport operators, government authorities, and other stakeholders), effective data exchange becomes mission critical, especially in the areas of conduct, security and other operational services. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), whose approximately 290 members …
State of APIs: growth and more growth on tap for 2023
If you’re wondering whether you need to focus on APIs as part of your digital strategy for 2023, the answer is a resounding yes. Anyone operating in the digital transformation business today also needs to be in the API business. That’s the bold, key takeaway from Rapid’s 4th annual State of APIs Report, which comprised global insights from 850 …
Rapid’s Top 10 API Predictions: what to expect from the API market in 2023
As we embark on the New Year, one trend within the constantly changing enterprise tech world stands out: APIs are a critical part of the developer experience. As a crucial tool for digital expansion, monetizing data, and unlocking innovation, APIs have become a key component of nearly every enterprise’s efforts to compete in the digital …
World Cup 2022 is Around the Corner
The much anticipated 2022 World Cup is about to kick off in Qatar on November 20. Fans around the world are looking forward to finding out if Messi can win his elusive World Cup for Argentina? Will England break their 56-year streak of heartache? Can France repeat? How will the United States bounce back after missing the 2018 World Cup? There is …
Paw – Now RapidAPI For Mac
You may have noticed last week that there has been a lot of excitement around the new Rapid brand. Today we are excited to announce that Paw is officially getting a rebrand experience of its own. As of today, Paw has been formally rebranded to RapidAPI for Mac. For those of you who haven’t used it previously, Paw is a fully …
Introducing Our New Brand: Rapid
We are stoked to launch the refreshed Rapid brand! As many of you have likely noticed over the past year, we have radically expanded the types of software, services and support we provide to you – our developer community. Today, we take another major step forward with the evolution of our brand - updating our visual language and renaming RapidAPI …