1. API Management
in the Federal Government
D.C. Web API User Group
Nick Muerdter
@nickblah
06/24/2013

3. (not D.C.)

4. DATA.GOV

5. API Managewhat?

6. API Management
Dealing with the high-level aspects of
releasing your APIs

7. • Documentation
• API keys
• Access control
• Analytics
• Rate limiting
• etc.

8. What does this look
like in government?

9. Photo by alandberning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14617207@N00/487211147

10. Deployment
Transportation services
Analysis
Solar services
Commercial Buildings
Buildings services
…
…
…
…

12. Users Don’t Care
Photo from National Media Museum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3589381656

13. Photo by mike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlcastle/3151469713

14. A Platform
Photo by Musée McCord Museum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/museemccordmuseum/5348751435

15. Photo by Peter Roome
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roome/515419918
API
Umbrella

16. api.data.gov

17. Shared API management
service for federal agencies

18. It started with
API keys

19. Documentation

20. Rate Limits

21. Analytics

25. Pilot Project
Photo from The Library of Congress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179093813

26. Photo from The Library of Congress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163470598
Help Steer!

27. nick.muerdter@nrel.gov
@nickblah
api.data.gov
github.com/NREL/api-umbrella
developer.nrel.gov