The document summarizes the findings of a study on the state of API integration. It found that the number of public APIs increased 757% from 2010 to 2016. It also found that over 59% of APIs do not use OAuth2 for authentication, and only 29% support webhooks despite them being preferred by 80% of developers. The document provides examples of scoring APIs based on integratability to evaluate how easy they are for consumers to integrate.

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THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
Focus on how the growth in APIs has had an
impact on the growing demand for connectivity.
To determine how well APIs are optimized for integration.

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METHODOLOGY
DATA COLLECTION
Data collected between September 2016 - March 2017 .
PRIMARY SOURCE: Cloud Elements Platform of APIs
- 165 Public Apps and Services
- 28,000 Integration Instances
- 1.6 Billion API Calls
Complementary Research from:
- SmartBear State of API Report 2016
- Datanyze Market Share Reports of 2016
- ProgrammableWeb API Directory - Growth in Web APIs 2005 - 2016

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CONTRIBUTORS
MARK GEENE .
CEO & Co-Founder
Cloud Elements
@mgeene
MEET THE
ROSS GARRETT .
Head of Product Marketing
Cloud Elements
@gssor
KIN LANE .
API Evangelist
apievangelist.com
@kinlane

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GROWTH
OF APIs
PART 1

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PROLIFERATION
OF PUBLIC APIs
757% .
Increase in Web APIs
January 2010 - January 2016

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“… remarkable percentage
of SOAP APIs out there
that can’t be ignored - at
least 15% based on our
experience.

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CATEGORY LEADERS
Futureproof your application for current and
entering market leaders.
CLOUD STORAGE . ECOMMERCE .CRM . MARKETING .

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COMPARE
AND CONTRAST
PART 2

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Enterprises have over 1,031 internal cloud services. Of
those enterprises, 39% want easier integration between the
tools they already use.
THE BIGGESTCHALLENGES IN API TECHNOLOGY
SMARTBEAR STATE OF API REPORT 2016
https://smartbear.com/resources/ebooks/state-of-api-survey-report-2016/

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AUTHENTICATION
FACTOR IN SECURITY
OVER 59% .
of APIs are using an
authentication mechanism that is
not OAUTH2.
OAUTH2 is preferred mechanism for
token-based access.

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“
58% OF ENDPOINTS SUPPORT
SOME METADATA DISCOVERY
One caveat to this research is that it’s
heavily weighted by the custom
integrations provided by Cloud Elements.
It’s natural for us to support cooperative
endpoints.
Our sense that industry-wide, less than
15% of endpoints actually support
discovery.

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42%
of APIs support bulk

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“Enterprise users are often dealing with vast data
lakes that need to be synchronized, analyzed,
migrated, or even shared. Application providers
must think carefully about the functionality they
offer to handle this scale of data.
ROSS GARRETT

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EIGHTY PERCENT OF DEVELOPERS PREFER TO
USE WEBHOOKS OVER OTHER METHODS

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yet only
29%
of Applications
actually support
webhooks

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the alternatives are not that great, either

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SCORECARD
API CALCULATOR
PART 3

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THE API CALCULATOR
To wrap things up, we wanted to give our readers a tool, mechanism,
and calculator to gauge how your API currently stacks up against
other APIs - focused on how easy it is for API consumers can
integrate with your service.
Here are two APIs we have scored based on the research and findings from
this report. One good and one not so good -- we’re not calling out products
or vendors in particular, so we haven’t listed the actual endpoints, but
rather ofer these examples to further quantify the current State of API
Integration.

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Integration

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DOWNLOAD THE.
STATE OF API
INTEGRATION
REPORT
HERE

25. In order to compile the most comprehensive
breakdown of the industry’s trends and highlights, we
need your insights!
Contribute to the State of API Integration 2019
Report by taking this survey.
#StateofAPIIntegration