In my previous two posts, I illustrated how your team can Use cron and curl to Regularly Download API Performance Data and How to Use Python to Extract API Performance Data. In this post, I illustrate how you can use the Python MatPlotLib library to create plots of the downloaded data that will be of […]
Continue readingHow to Use Python to Extract JSON API Performance Data
In my last post, I described How to Use cron and curl to Regularly Download API Performance Data. This is the first step toward creating a view of API performance data that is customized for your company’s needs. Once you have the raw data, you can use your company’s preferred programming languages and the custom […]
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API performance is critical for modern applications. People use their phones and tablets to immediately access information that is relevant to what they’re doing or thinking about right now. If your company’s objective is to provide this information, then you need to know how your product appears to your customers. If your product relies on […]
Continue readingHow to Use Your API Science One-Month Free Trial (Part 3)
When you’ve created and configured your first API Science monitor, you’ll want to configure automated notifications to your team when something involving a critical external or internal API goes awry. You’ll also want to study the performance of your critical APIs using API Science reports. Configuring API Monitor Notifications While your customers access your product […]
Continue readingHow to Use Your API Science One-Month Free Trial (Part 2)
Part 1 of this series introduced the API Science platform and described the basics of how you can utilize your free one-month trial to monitor and evaluate the internal and external APIs that are critical for your platform to be fully functional. Once you have signed up and reviewed what API Science offers, the sensible […]
Continue readingHow to Use Your API Science One-Month Free Trial (Part 1)
API Science provides new users with a free one month trial. In this post I’ll outline ways you can utilize your free trial to explore the features API Science offers. APIs are an essential component of almost every modern online product. If your product is an app, then you’re providing your customers with information of […]
Continue readingThe Effect of “Internet Distance” on Perceived API Performance
Everyone knows that when we travel, the physical distance we must traverse is a determinate factor in how long it will take for us to reach our destination. We travel highways by car, or go by rail, or fly. By car, we can use maps to plot the shortest, fastest route. By rail or flying, […]
Continue readingBritish Army Utilizes APIs for Increased Logistic Efficiency
Large organizations that have existed for centuries have employed computer technology since its innovation. 50 years ago, large-scale organizations contracted developers to utilize 1960s software and hardware technology to create systems that advantageously advanced the accomplishment of their missions. In subsequent decades, this software was tuned for evolving situations. Along the way, errors identified in […]
Continue readingUsing Account Global Variables to Receive API Monitor Data in Specific Formats
My last post illustrated that calls to the World Bank Countries API can be configured to output the API data in multiple formats, including XML and JSON. The API Science platform supports the creation of global variables that are accessible by all API monitors in a user’s account. Global variables are defined and set using […]
Continue readingConfiguring API Monitors for Specific Response Formats
Global variables can be utilized to store any kind of data that is needed as a reference resource within a complex API monitoring process. For example, global variables can be created by one API monitor, then that data store can be read as input data by another API monitor. In my post Introduction to API […]
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