API VIRTUALIZATION Build a Better App @lindybrandon Lorinda Brandon SmartBear Software
Build Better Apps through API Virtualization
Aug 05, 2015
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API VIRTUALIZATIONBuild a Better App
@lindybrandon
Lorinda BrandonSmartBear Software
THIRD PARTY APISNot always your friend
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YADDA YADDA YADDAOr “Instructions for teaching your app’s developer how to code”
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NEEDS NO TRANSLATIONAn API Error by any other name…
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IT’S ALL FUN AND GAMES…Until someone makes a bad API call
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FACEBOOK LOGIN API HAS A (GASP) BUG
February7, 2013:
The day the World Wide Web
went dark
And brings down half of the web with it
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VIRTUALIZATION IS YOUR PROTECTIONTest execution and development
Test(automated or manual)
Development
Your Application
3rd party APIs(virtualized)
Your APIs(virtualized)
• Simulate (un)expected behavior• Minimize impact on and usage of external systems• Assert usage of external components
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CONSIDERATIONS
How will virtual APIs be used and managed? Local / Team / Enterprise
How technical is the team that will maintain them? Scripting / coding requirements Easy to create new configurations
How to incorporate in your Continuous Integration process? Redirect API calls to virtualized APIs
Access control internal / external
Reporting and Governance
Moving from theory to practiceCA Virtual API
SmartBear ServiceV
Mockable
Apiary
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