APImetrics provides API monitoring and testing services to help developers ensure their APIs are performing properly. It allows users to create custom API tests, schedule regular tests, and view public and private reports on API response times and error rates. The service offers free basic monitoring and paid premium plans with additional features like private reporting and authentication support.

1. APImetrics
Service Overview
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2. Summary
APIs are everywhere, an essential piece of any app or
service that gets built, but how do you know that those APIs
you’re using are working?
Or if they are performing without impacting your end users?
Introducing APImetrics – Intelligent API Monitoring
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3. API Performance is highly variable
Facebook Graph API v. Twitter Search – 7 day results
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Slow responding APIs impact user experience
Apps get blamed for 3rd party performance issues
APIs run with persistent error rates
If you’re not measuring your APIs you can’t fix problems
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4. Our Solution
Developers
APImetrics Cloud Service
Free product
Crowd
sourcing of
APIs
Test Editor
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Premium
service
Own user
accounts
Custom Reports
Test Manager
API Providers
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Public and
private
performance
dashboards
GUI API Wizard
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Custom Skins
Enterprises
Web Interface
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APImetrics Front End
Scheduling
Engine
Auth Manager
Reporting Tool
Cloud Datastore
Test Scheduler
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5. Challenges and Business Impact
Problem
Example
Impact
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Intermittent API failures
API failed at random
intervals due to a failing
service
Poor customer
experience and poor
reviews
Problem
Example
Impact
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Existing test and
monitoring tools not
showing problems
Unresponsive APIs
showing as active when
they were not
Customers find out
about problems before
you do!
Problem
Example
Impact
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Poor or unintelligible
error messages
“SVC-001” error
Undocumented errors
Developers move to
systems that are
easier to use i.e.
Twilio
Problem
Example
Impact
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Anecdotal data from
developers about
performance
problems
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Developers unable to
use APIs
API service manager
not able to identify
problems
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Developers don’t
convert to
customers of the
API service
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6. Web Driven Interface
• Detailed public API test data
• Simple web driven interface
providing detailed test
management tools and
reports
• Create and build a range of
tests to measure API
performance
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7. Test Creator
• Web based API test editor
allowing for individual testing
• Header review and options for
viewing returned files
• Handles authenticated calls
using basic and oAuth 1.0 &
2.0 auth
• Test scheduling for repeated,
standardized calls and tests
• Test tagging makes for easy
test management
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8. Authentication Token Handling
• Manage authentication
tokens for API calls
• Handle different sets of
developer keys to create
test cases based on
specific applications or
features
• Alternative authentication
services supported
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9. Report Manager
• Create custom reports based
on your scheduled tests
• Build comparison reports
using public test data
• Export reports to your own
web sites and properties
using our own data export
APIs
• Review detailed test logs,
latency reports and pass/fail
rates for tests and APIs
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10. Test Logging
• Easy to filter test logs
• Detailed, time stamped
and easy to trace specific
failures
• Charting for failure rates
and test latency reports
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11. Commercial Terms
Free / Community
• Free service for
developers and
others
• Access to historical
public data
• Option to create
tests to share with
the community
Monthly Fees
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SaaS / Premium
Users
Enterprise
• Private tests with
results and stats
• Configuration tools
to allow for private
API access
• Limits on API
numbers and
frequency of calls
• UI customization
and user account
controls
• Private and public
reporting APIs
• Maximum possible
API calls and
frequency of calls
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$250
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$2,500 and up
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12. Comparison with other services
APImetrics
Runscope
New Relic
App
Dynamics
Pingdom
Call API Endpoints
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Run authenticated
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Schedule tests
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Alerts and notifications
of API issues
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13. David O’Neill | +1 206 972 1140 | david@apimetrics.com
CONTACT US FOR MORE DETAILS
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