StateofAPIs:
Now&Next
BY ANDREAS KROHN
Andreas
Krohn
mashup.se
dopter.se
nordicAPIs.com
APIHQ.com
@andreaskrohn
‣ System Integrations
‣ SOA
‣Web Services
NOTHING NEW
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
‣ Mobile revolution
‣ Low cost
‣ Easy to get started
and use
‣ Available to all
NOTHING IS NEW
EVERYTHING IS NEW
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
‣ THE way to integrate
systems
‣ THE way to expose
data
‣ Beyond internet
startups
APIs EVERYWHERE
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
APIs EVERYWHERE
INFRASTRUCTURE
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
Cloud
Sync
Mobile
PRESENT
‣ PSI rules!
‣ Open data
movement
‣ digitaliser.dk
APIs EVERYWHERE
INFRASTRUCTURE
OPENGOV
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
‣ HackathonmaniaAPIs EVERYWHERE
INFRASTRUCTURE
OPENGOV
API EVENTS
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
‣ REST(ish)
‣ JSON
‣ OAuth 2(ish)
APIs EVERYWHERE
INFRASTRUCTURE
OPENGOV
API EVENTS
DEFACTO STANDARDS
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
‣ APIs in more industries
‣ REST + JSON
‣ Open data
THE OBVIOUS
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
MORE
PRESENT
‣ Do not reinvent the
wheel (unless you can
patent it)
‣ The whole package is
important
THE OBVIOUS
API MANAGEMENT
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
Alessandro Suraci, from The Noun Project
PRESENT
‣ Tessla, Ford, Philips,
Ninja Blocks...
THE OBVIOUS
API MANAGEMENT
INTERNET OF THINGS
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
‣ Power of APIs for
non-coders
‣ Automation
‣IFTTT.com
‣Zapier.com
THE OBVIOUS
API MANAGEMENT
INTERNET OF THINGS
APIs FOR MUGGLES
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
‣ Runscope
‣ Apiary
‣ CKAN
‣ Webshell
THE OBVIOUS
API MANAGEMENT
INTERNET OF THINGS
APIs FOR MUGGLES
TOOLS
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
‣ All data all of the
time
‣ Streaming
‣ Push
THE OBVIOUS
API MANAGEMENT
INTERNET OF THINGS
APIs FOR MUGGLES
TOOLS
REAL TIME
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
‣ Hypermedia APIs
‣ Descriptors
‣ Linked data
‣ Documentation
THE OBVIOUS
API MANAGEMENT
INTERNET OF THINGS
APIs FOR MUGGLES
TOOLS
REAL TIME
API DESIGN
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
‣ APIs are not the
solution to all
problems
‣ Twitter, Netflix, Google
Reader...
‣ Part of growing up
THE OBVIOUS
API MANAGEMENT
INTERNET OF THINGS
APIs FOR MUGGLES
TOOLS
REAL TIME
API DESIGN
BACKLASH
PAST PRESENT FUTUREPRESENT
NEVER MIND
THE
BACKLASH
Icons
from...
‣ thenounproject.com
‣ gentleface.com
‣ webalys.com/minicons
‣ twitter.com/kemie
@andreaskrohnandreas@dopter.se mashup.se
Thank You.

State of APIs: API trends from Nordic APIs Copenhagen & Sundsvall