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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
6 Best Practices For Enhanced API Test Automation in 2022
Application Programming Interface or API testing is one of the most important types of software testing. According to Mike Cohn’s book, “Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum,” automation of API testing can offer the best ROI. API testing automation simplifies the complex task of managing several test cases. As you add more …
Top Golang Web Frameworks to Choose In 2021
Golang has become one of the mandatory tools for developers to write APIs and for developing web services. It is one of the brilliant initiatives by Google that has surged in popularity among the developer’s community. Many consider it the future of web programming as it offers clarity and ease-of-use and carries out most of the functions that …
RapidAPI Marketplace is now RapidAPI Hub
One of my earliest memories as a kid is walking into the Hamleys toy store. Every floor of that gigantic store was a sea of possibilities – and nowhere was more exciting than the LEGO section. The moment I stepped onto the LEGO floor my mind instantly started racing thinking about the rockets, castles, and huge animals you could build. Even as an …
Deep Dive into API Governance with Examples & Use Cases
An application programming interface is a critical piece of online development. An API acts as a guide and filter as users reach out to information on a server. As more organizations adopt API technology, they will create more of these structures within their companies and organizations. Without API governance, organizations will have trouble …
How to Find Historical Weather Data using RapidAPI
Since so many real-world activities depend upon the weather, it is not a surprise that many data science and web-based projects also depend upon accurate and up-to-date weather data to achieve successful results. Data science initiatives such as machine learning and business intelligence get great business insight by comparing business data with …
Geocoding with Google Maps API in Python
How to use the Google Maps API for Geocoding with Python to get Latitude and Longitude Using Python to geocode locations using the google maps api can help you avoid situations like this: Client: I want to show a marker on a google map for each of my Hot Dog Stands! You: Great! Do you have the geolocation for each of your Hot Dog …
How to use a Car Database API
Introduction Open data APIs provide us with the ability to query large data sets in meaningful ways, drill down to the data being requested in our library and present it to the caller with all relevant context. To get information about specific vehicles, we need to use a car data API. These APIs provide detailed information about vehicle brands …
How To Convert An Existing Rails App to an API
Ruby on Rails is a great framework to build web applications. A great share of websites and services use it nowadays, including GitHub, Airbnb and Shopify. Since its introduction 14 years ago, it has evolved into a mature, flexible and extremely powerful tool to develop entire web services. Moreover, the community around it is huge, meaning …
API vs Microservices [What’s the Difference?]
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and microservices both have a different role in software development. Since there is an overlap between the two, it is confusing to understand the differences. In this blog post, we will define API and microservice and explain the similarities and differences. What is an API? An API, or Application …
RapidQL Tutorial: MySQL + Open Weather API + Twilio SMS API
Recently, RapidAPI officially launched our latest open-source project, RapidQL! With RapidQL, you can fetch, combine, and aggregate data from multiple APIs and databases all with a single request. This makes it much easier for you to build complex queries that utilize multiple data sources— all with a single query language! Today, we’re going to …