API Best Practices Webinar: Metrics - What to Measure
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The document discusses essential metrics for measuring API performance, highlighting the importance of understanding the value chain of people and technology. Key indicators include errors, performance, availability, and quota management, with suggested data formats for dashboard presentations. It emphasizes the need for insights from both application developers and API teams to enhance overall API strategy and adoption.
API Best Practices Webinar: Metrics - What to Measure
- 1. API Metrics – What to Measure? 6.2.11 @ 11:05 PST VOIP or Dial-‐in (see chat) Brian Mulloy @landlessness Brian Pagano @brianpagano
- 2. @landlessness @brianpagano
- 3. “Rapid API” Workshop Webinar Series Mapping out your API Strategy PragmaIc REST: API Design Fu 10 PaMerns in Successful API Programs Today: API Metrics – What to Measure? API Tech & Roadmap ConsideraIons Driving API AdopIon
- 4. Part 4: API Metrics – What to Measure?
- 5. Successful API teams understand the value chain of people and technology.
- 6. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 7. Two sets of people make APIs successful
- 8. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 9. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 10. Jason Michael
- 11. What does the ApplicaIon Developer need to see?
- 12. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 13. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 14. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 15. hufse
- 16. Is the API error prone?
- 17. Which API errors is my applicaIon seeing?
- 18. How does the API usually perform?
- 19. Is the API slow now?
- 20. Which API methods are slow?
- 21. Does the API have a quota?
- 22. Is my app violaIng the API quota?
- 23. How o[en does the API go down?
- 24. Is the API down now?
- 25. When will the API be back up?
- 26. Why was the API down?
- 27. Dan DeChiaro
- 28. What’s in your dashboard?
- 29. There are a few key indicators in a few formats
- 30. Key indicators: • Errors • Performance • Availability • Quota (if enforced)
- 31. Data Formats: • Everyone’s aggregate data • Developer-‐specific data • Trend charts • Categorical tables Broadcast Formats: • Status page • TwiMer • Blog
- 32. What does the API Team need to see?
- 33. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 34. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 36. Thai Jasmine (Keep Smiling.g..g.g :-‐))
- 37. Which are our top applicaIons?
- 38. Who are our top applicaIon users?
- 39. Who are our best applicaIon developers?
- 40. Which API methods are most popular?
- 41. How much API capacity will we need next year?
- 42. Raymond Larose
- 43. Why is the API down?
- 44. Why is the API slow?
- 45. Why is the API throwing errors?
- 46. Why is the API traffic spiking?
- 47. Why did the API traffic disappear?
- 48. Dan DeChiaro
- 49. Key indicators: • ApplicaIon users • ApplicaIons • Developers • API Quality • Internal systems
- 50. Data Formats: • Alerts • Aggregate data • Drill-‐down data • Trend charts • Categorical tables
- 51. What about the stuff behind the API?
- 52. App App App App World of API API Internal User Store Developer APIs Team Systems
- 53. TIP: Put Internal System Data in Response Header • Database Query Times • Message Bus Response Times • External Callout Response Times (Apigee will log it & strip it)
- 54. trochim
- 55. API Team Analytics App Dev Analytics Developer Tools Availability Developers Errors Applications Performance Developer Connect App Users Application Quota API Quality API Team Developer API Gateway Operations Team Monitoring Availability Performance Operations Capability
- 56. Next Time Mapping out your API Strategy PragmaIc REST: API Design Fu 10 PaMerns in Successful API Programs API Metrics – What to Measure? API Tech & Roadmap ConsideraAons Driving API AdopIon
- 57. THANK YOU Ques%ons and ideas to: @landlessness @brianpagano @apigee