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Building an API Product

You're reading from   Building an API Product Design, implement, release, and maintain API products that meet user needs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2024
Last Updated in Jan 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837630448
Length 278 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bruno Pedro Bruno Pedro
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:The API Product
2. Chapter 1: What Are APIs? FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: API User Experience 4. Chapter 3: API-as-a-Product 5. Chapter 4: API Life Cycle 6. Part 2:Designing an API Product
7. Chapter 5: Elements of API Product Design 8. Chapter 6: Identifying an API Strategy 9. Chapter 7: Defining and Validating an API Design 10. Chapter 8: Specifying an API 11. Part 3:Implementing an API Product
12. Chapter 9: Development Techniques 13. Chapter 10: API Security 14. Chapter 11: API Testing 15. Chapter 12: API Quality Assurance 16. Part 4:Releasing an API Product
17. Chapter 13: Deploying the API 18. Chapter 14: Observing API Behavior 19. Chapter 15: Distribution Channels 20. Part 5:Maintaining an API Product
21. Chapter 16: User Support 22. Chapter 17: API Versioning 23. Chapter 18: Planning for API Retirement 24. Index 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

What is API distribution?

API product distribution is the process of making your API available to consumers in the easiest possible way for them. One key factor of API product distribution is understanding the tools consumers use and making your API available to them on those tools. Doing that guarantees that consumers won’t have to change their existing workflows just to be able to use your API product. Successful companies understand that they need to make their products available where their customers are. A good example of a physical product that followed this approach is Coca-Cola. In its early days, the now-popular beverage was available in soda fountains at pharmacies. After all, in the beginning, they were selling a medicinal beverage. And where else should they be selling it other than pharmacies? Over time, Coca-Cola adapted its distribution model as the product itself evolved and became attractive to different types of customers.

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