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URL for APIs.json Contracts

Providing the valid URL for the APIs.json contract, identifying the source of the contract which may or may not be where it is found, helping make contract authoritative.

Rules

APIs.json Url Info

The top-level URL in an APIs.json file contains a fully qualified link to where the APIs.json file is published. This URL serves as a reference for the API collection and can also be validated. Whe...

Strategies

APIs Have One Click Access

The front door to your API should always be one click away. A human URL for people to follow and a base path URL for machines to call. Put them in every artifact, every document, every conversation...

Experiences

Onboarding

I see teams dealing with massive friction during onboarding. If a consumer can't get from zero to their first successful API call in minutes, you've already lost them. Getting started guides, sandb...

Access

I keep seeing teams struggle with getting consumers proper access to their APIs. The sign-up, authentication, and authorization process is where you lose people before they ever make their first AP...