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APIs for Humans - API Strategy and Practice Edi...

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February 22, 2013
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APIs for Humans - API Strategy and Practice Edition

APIs speak robot. People don't.

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John Sheehan

February 22, 2013

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Transcript

  1. @johnsheehan @runscope APIs ~  for  humans  ~ Sunday, February 24,

    13

  2. GET /jobs api-jobs.com Sunday, February 24, 13

  3. GET /links apidigest.com Sunday, February 24, 13

  4. TrafficAndWeather.io Sunday, February 24, 13

  5. Sunday, February 24, 13

  6. runscope.com @runscope Sunday, February 24, 13

  7. WE'RE HIRING runscope.com/jobs Sunday, February 24, 13

  8. Sunday, February 24, 13

  9. How do humans use APIs? Sunday, February 24, 13

  10. if then Sunday, February 24, 13

  11. if then Sunday, February 24, 13

  12. if then Sunday, February 24, 13

  13. if then RECIPE TRIGGER ACTION Sunday, February 24, 13

  14. if then USE CASE API CALL API CALL Sunday, February

    24, 13

  15. Sunday, February 24, 13

  16. 0 7500 15000 22500 30000 ProgrammableWeb IFTTT Channel All-time First

    week Sunday, February 24, 13

  17. How do devs build APIs? Sunday, February 24, 13

  18. DATA DUMPS Sunday, February 24, 13

  19. CLIENT-DRIVEN Sunday, February 24, 13

  20. ONE SIZE FITS ALL Sunday, February 24, 13

  21. ONE SIZE FITS NOTHING Sunday, February 24, 13

  22. Sunday, February 24, 13

  23. Bleep  blorp GET  POST Sunday, February 24, 13

  24. Sunday, February 24, 13

  25. Sunday, February 24, 13

  26. How can we build APIs that speak human? Sunday, February

    24, 13

  27. ARCHIVE/BACKUP Sunday, February 24, 13

  28. PEOPLE EXPECT UBIQUITY Sunday, February 24, 13

  29. Sunday, February 24, 13

  30. SHARING Sunday, February 24, 13

  31. Sunday, February 24, 13

  32. Sunday, February 24, 13

  33. NOTIFICATIONS Sunday, February 24, 13

  34. what's NEW Sunday, February 24, 13

  35. GET /albums GET /albums/{id} Sunday, February 24, 13

  36. GET /albums GET /albums/xyz Sunday, February 24, 13

  37. GET /photos Photo: 123.jpg Album: Vacation Photo: 234.jpg Album: Christmas

    Photo: 345.jpg Album: Vacation Photo: 456.jpg Album: Vacation Photo: 678.jpg Album: Profile Pictures Photo: 789.jpg Album: Christmas Sunday, February 24, 13

  38. Sunday, February 24, 13

  39. what's NEW Sunday, February 24, 13

  40. THANKS @johnsheehan @runscope Sunday, February 24, 13