State of API Integration Report 2017
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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.
State of API Integration Report 2017
- 2. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements 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.
- 3. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements 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
- 4. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements 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
- 6. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements PROLIFERATION OF PUBLIC APIs 757% . Increase in Web APIs January 2010 - January 2016
- 7. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements “… remarkable percentage of SOAP APIs out there that can’t be ignored - at least 15% based on our experience.
- 9. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements CATEGORY LEADERS Futureproof your application for current and entering market leaders. CLOUD STORAGE . ECOMMERCE .CRM . MARKETING .
- 11. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements 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/
- 12. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements 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.
- 13. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements “ 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.
- 15. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements “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
- 16. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements EIGHTY PERCENT OF DEVELOPERS PREFER TO USE WEBHOOKS OVER OTHER METHODS
- 17. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements yet only 29% of Applications actually support webhooks
- 18. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements the alternatives are not that great, either
- 20. #StateofAPIIntegration @CloudElements 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.
- 24. #StateofAPIIntegration 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