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    REST API Design Control and Management
    REST API Design Control and Management
    REST API Design Control and Management
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    REST API Design Control and Management

    By alasdair gilchrist

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    This book is designed to help those in a DevOp environment that are new to API, visualization of networking, storage and the control and management of such interfaces. After all technology has changed in so  much and in such a short time  it is no longer possible to write quick and easy scripts using username and password as authentication. Furthermore we can no longer  post the API up for the public without security, authentication and authorization.
     Similarly Operations only a few years ago had to managed and control network management systems without any programming knowledge, whereas developers knew nothing of networks – each to their own. However SDN and cloud development has changed everything. Now as DevOps we must understand how the environment we have inherited can co-exist and how we can manage it large scale and once more make it our own to manage and control 

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheralasdair gilchrist
    Release dateSep 19, 2015
    ISBN9781516372799
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      REST API Design Control and Management - alasdair gilchrist

      API Design and Control for DevOps

      Copyright © 2015 Alasdair Gilchrist

      Description

      This book is designed to help those in a DevOps environment that are new to API, Microsevices, visualization of networking, storage and the control and management of such interfaces. After all technology has changed in so much and in such a short time it is no longer possible to write quick and easy scripts for APIs using basic authentication such as the username and password even with TLS. Furthermore we can no longer post the API up for the public without security, authentication and authorization.

      Table of Contents

      API Design and Control for DevOps

      Chapter 1 – An introduction to API

      What is an API?

      Application

      Interface

      API: A Technical Perspective

      API Analogy

      Example of an API

      What Is an API Call?

      Why Are APIs Important for Business?

      Common Concerns with open APIs

      Chapter 2 – SOAP Vs REST

      A Quick Overview of SOAP

      A Quick Overview of REST

      Deciding Between using SOAP or REST

      Soap Vs Rest

      Caching

      Security

      The Bottom Line: When to use SOAP or REST

      Chapter 3 - Restful API

      What is REST?

      HTTP methods

      Examples of REST

      Anatomy of a REST URL

      HTTP Status Codes

      Success codes:

      User error codes:

      API response formats

      Building a REST API

      Create a simple REST web service with Ruby

      Create a simple REST web service with Python

      Chapter 4 – Rest API Design Guidelines

      API affordance

      Names or Verbs

      Plural or Singular

      Case consistency

      URI case

      Body case

      Versioning

      CRUD

      Partial answers

      Errors

      Error Structure

      Status Codes

      SUCCESS

      Client Errors

      Server Error

      Chapter 5 – API Security & Authentication

      API authentication

      Basic Authentication w/ TLS

      OAuth v1.0a

      OAuth v2

      Chapter 6 – OAuth Access Control and Management

      Performance & Scaling

      Tailor the security to your needs

      Integrate with existing Identity & Access Management

      Design Token Policy

      Use the appropriate Grant Type

      Chapter 7 – API Management Best Practice

      5 Principles of API Management

      Expose Enterprise Data & Functions in API-friendly formats

      Protect information assets exposed by API

      Authorize secure, seamless access for valid identities

      Optimize system performance & manage the API lifecycle

      Engage, onboard, educate & manage developers

      Chapter 1 – An introduction to API

      Across industry sectors the boundaries of the data center and the company network are no longer fortified perimeters that once existed. Today, enterprises are opening up their data and applications to partners and third parties, through the Web, mobile apps, smart devices and the cloud. IT initiatives such as BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) have revolutionized and consumerized how IT organizations work with mobility and anywhere, anytime access to data and applications. Furthermore the advent of Cloud Computing and the proliferation of cloud service providers offering storage, compute and network services have enabled IT to shift their operations from the traditional data center to the cloud. API’s (Application Programming Interfaces) are the foundation of this new cloud open environment, which allows enterprises to move their data and applications across the traditional network boundaries.

      API’s enable businesses too quickly and efficiently repurpose IT systems, add value to existing applications and services and to open up new revenue streams. For developers and entrepreneurs APIs also open up a whole new world of possibilities by providing the means to integrate and reuse existing services offered by the web-scale giants such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. Developers can create their own applications using exposed web service APIs from these web giants to construct and develop their own applications. These web ‘mash ups’ might only consist of several web services linked together with some glue code but it is this type of reuse of available services that has created the boom in mobile and web applications over the last few years, which was only possible through the use of APIs.

      What is an API?

      Well let’s start with a basic deconstruct, a simple description, an API is an acronym for Application Programming Interface – and as such it comprises of a programmable interface to an application – it

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