Have APIs reached global ubiquity? What standards will propel web APIs into the future? In this talk, I expand on the core theme of the Platform Summit 2018; that APIs have become a universal lingua franca for B2B. I’ll highlight worldwide trends in both the technical and business realm of APIs, providing a birds-eye overview of what to anticipate throughout our curated 2-day event. I’ll overview the Nordic APIs insight topics: API Design, API Strategy, API Marketing, API Platforms, API Security, and API Business, offering niche case studies and new advances that are propelling and uniting the industry within each facet of modern API practice.

1. 7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
PRESENTED BY:
BILL
DOERRFELD
@DoerrfeldBill
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Platform
Summit
Oct 2018
Welcome To The
API Universe

2. MY CONTACT
BILL DOERRFELD

3. The Nordic APIs Community
API Tooling Specialists
API Consumers
Thought Leaders, Bloggers
API Owners, Practitioners
Blog, Digest
Events

4. Mission Statement

5. The 6 Insights of API Practice
Events

6. The Nordic APIs Blog
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7. 50+ Contributors

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9. The Nordic APIs Knowledge
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11. Where The API Space Is Now
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12. Where Are We Heading?

13. PRE-CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
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HIGH-LEVEL TRENDS FROM THIS YEAR'S 65 PRESENTATIONS

14. PS 2018 Speaker Topics - Day 1
REST vs
GraphQL
API
Management
"API
Landscapes"
Security NLP
Event driven
REST
APIs in
banking
"Open" APIs
platform
challenges
Iot
APIOps®
Cycles
WebSockets
Consumer
Driven
Contracts
API Strategy
Developer
Engagement
SDK
Generation
Governance
Frameworks
Functional
Testing
Serverless Case Studies
Monitoring /
Auditing
Digital
Terraforming
Voice-Driven
REST vs
GraphQL
App Extensions IoT security
Microservices
business
REST
3.0
new
languages
DevOps

15. PS 2018 Speaker Topics - Day 2
Legacy
Redesign
AsyncAPI
API Usage
Limits
Access
Controls
Transport-
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GDPR
Compliance
Financial
APIs
Enterprise
Business
Microservices
Repercussions
Tech Hype
Cycles
APIOps®
Cycles
Certification
Schema-First
APIs for
Media
Distribution
Backend
Remediation
Private,
Partner, Open
API Design
Best
Practices
Hypermedia
Compositional
UIs
Smart Cities
Smart Home
Energy
OAuth for
Banks
Auto SDK
Generation
Backend Mesh
API Management
Internal API
Gateway
API Culture
Virtuali-
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Digital
Transfor-
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Real Life Use
Cases

16. API DESIGN

17. API DESIGN
● Design-First
● Collaborative Development
● REST:
● Event-Driven:
● OpenAPI Spec

18. GraphQL brings a “revolutionary API
consumer-oriented approach”
-Zdenek “Z” Nemec, Good API
Thoughts On GraphQL
API DESIGN

19. API Style: When to Use What?
REST: stateless, rapid iteration,
standardized HTTP verbs, hypermedia
dependent.
GraphQL: greater data control, specific
data return scenarios.
Webhooks: automate data updates, API
updates clients routinely.
gRPC: Lightweight, nimble. Good for IoT,
lower power situations.

20. API MARKETING

21. API MARKETING
● Developer Experience
● Hands-on Dev Portals
● Internal
● DevReL
● Tooling

22. “APIs with massive developer traction ensure
to provide SDKs and Code Samples in every
language their developers speak.”
-Adeel Ali, APIMATIC
Thoughts On SDKs
API MARKETING

23. How Do We Find APIS?
ProgrammableWeb Any-API.com Azure Marketplace
RapidAPI.com SDKs.io Mashape
Rakuten Rapid API
*APAC division
API Katalogen
*Swedish API directory
API.market
APIs.guru API List
The API Stack
API Evangelist
Public APIs Github Repo Postman API Network API-rest.com
APIs.io Cenit IO Public App Directory API For That
18 API Directories, Marketplaces, & Lists as of September 2018

24. API BUSINESS

25. API BUSINESS
● Hello World Enterprise
● Partner API Programs
● API as a Product
● Monetization Methods

26. "[APIs] are just now hitting the maturity level
of many other “systems” in everyday
Enterprises… now fully represented by
Marketing, Sales, Finance, Ops”
-Edward Marootian, Smartbear
Out of The Engineer Dungeon
API BUSINESS

27. Acquisitions of API
Management Platforms

28. API PLATFORMS

29. API PLATFORMS
● Legacy —> REST
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● Schema-First
● API Management
What does the platform use for its underlying architecture?

30. APIOps® Cycles
One example API operational theory:

31. API SECURITY

32. API SECURITY
● Voice-driven
● Hacking methods
● GDPR / PSD2: security compliance
● OAuth / OpenID
● Gateway
● SecDevOps

33. “There Is no API security without API
monitoring and audit “
- Andrew Slivker, Nevatech
Security Needs Analytics...
API BUSINESS

34. API STRATEGY

35. API STRATEGY
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36. “Boring really is best when it comes to your
API Strategy.”
-Martin Buhr, TYK
BORING ?!
API STRATEGY IS ...

37. WHAT INDUSTRIES ARE APIS AFFECTING?
API CASE STUDIES

38. APIS CURRENTLY CHANGING THE INDUSTRY
BANKING

39. A NEW EXAMPLE OF API DISRUPTION
ENERGY & UTILITIES

40. API CASE STUDIES
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41. Where Are We Heading?

42. API=Modern
Communication
The New Global B2B Lingua Franca

43. API UBIQUITY
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44. APIs Rock and Revive
APIs Continue To Enable Innovation
And Reinvent Brick And Mortar

45. API Tooling Space Grows
Responds To Meet New Entrants

46. API Strategy Is Refined
Developer Experience, Platform Strategy

47. API Security Becomes
Business Critical
Public APIs Hunker Down Access

48. API Standards Evolve
OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, & others
Meet Needs Of New Tech

49. Interconnected Universe
Predictive Tech That
Improves Quality of Life

50. 7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
PRESENTED BY:
BILL
DOERRFELD
@DoerrfeldBill
AT:
Platform
Summit
Oct 2018
Welcome To OUR
API Universe
THANK YOU!!

51. MY CONTACT
BILL DOERRFELD

52. Come Say Hi!
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54. @DoerrfeldBill
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55. 7 Global Movements That Are
Evolving The Story of APIs
PRESENTED BY:
BILL
DOERRFELD
@DoerrfeldBill
AT:
Platform
Summit
Oct 2018
Welcome To OUR
API Universe