Why develop APIs
APIs — application programming interfaces are the machine equivalent of the user interfaces for your company’s information system. Often APIs are used to mix various capabilities into a coherent and accessible solution. For example, your organization may have services to handle customers, accounts and sales activity. Each has been carefully designed, coded, tested and released into your company’s infrastructure; offering functionality critical to your business. Then one day you need to create a new customer on-boarding solution — one that works on a wide range of devices and platforms. Now it is time to use the power of APIs.
Types of APIs
Internal API Portal: You’ll want a private and secure API developer portal for your internal developers. This will only allow developers with an authorized company profile access and is the most secure API portal for your company’s internal needs.
Partner API Portal: If your company works with partners and have strategic/secure relationships with them, you’ll want to have a specific partner API portal set up to ease the on-boarding process. This is a secure way to connect easily with your strategic partners and give access by invitation only.
Public API Portal: If your company builds APIs that are intended for external consumption, you’ll want a place for developers to find, install, update, and troubleshoot any issues in a public API portal that gives them access to documentation, community boards, and more.
With cloud becoming the defecto standard for exposing services to your developers, clients
and partners, development APIs can help you find other avenues for revenue. Letting trusted known
sources authenticate, test and integrate with your services through a secure API development
portal can help your customers integrate your solutions making new capabilities and revenue channels.
Cloud finish will help you create a customization, secure and devops orientated API Developer Portal.
With multiple options for your company and external partners to authenticate and integrate any type of api your company provides.