Learn how a PaaS such as APISpark can save you problems, time and budget when creating and deploying a web API. Comparison with DIY approaches.

1. DEPLOY A WEB API IN 15’
All-in-one platform for Web APIs
http://apispark.com
Jérôme LOUVEL
jlouvel@restlet.com
CEO
October 24, 2013

2. WEB API PROJECT
TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE
1) Do It Yourself (DIY)
long, risky, expensive but highly flexible
Create
Host
Manage
Use
2) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
integrated, fast, cost effective
Promote

3. Step 1
BUILD YOUR DATA SOURCE

4. DIY APPROACH
 Select a database technology
 that scales
 Specify the schema
 tables / sets, keys / queries, indexes
 Setup the database
 On premise or in the Cloud
 Ensure security, high availability and
performances
 From days to weeks

5. PAAS WAY
SOCIAL LOGIN

6. PAAS WAY
YOUR DASHBOARD

7. PAAS WAY
ENTITY STORE CREATION

8. PAAS WAY
DATABASE AS A SERVICE

9. Step 2
CREATE YOUR WEB API

10. DIY APPROACH
 Select an API framework that
 Lets you be productive and gets you on the way
 Leverages your skills
 Ensures your web API will scale and be secure
 Write the code
 Code, debug, unit tests
 Read, write, update your data
 Package the code
 From days to weeks

11. PAAS WAY
WEB API CREATION

12. PAAS WAY
FULLY AUTOMATED

13. Step 3
DEPLOY YOUR WEB API

14. DIY APPROACH
 Choose a deployment target
 Private hosting with firewall / DMZ
 Public hosting : Cloud / Dedicated
 Select an API management solution
 Build your own from Open source, third
party products
 Leverage an API management service :
plug it in tasks and side effects
 Guaranty your SLA
 Test, QA, iterate, benchmark…
 From days to weeks to get started

15. PAAS WAY
INSTANT DEPLOY AND AUTO SCALE

16. Step 4
PROMOTE YOUR API

17. DIY APPROACH
 Write your API documentation
 Annotated your API code and generate ?
 Use HTML tooling ?
 Maintenance costs (versions sync)
 Write your client SDKs
 Write first SDKs or use a generator
 Hope for community contributions for others ?
 Test, QA, iterate, etc.
 From days to weeks to get started

18. PAAS WAY
GENERATE CLIENT SDKS

19. PAAS WAY
BUILT-IN ANALYTICS

20. HOW MANY APIS ?
TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN
Browser
HTTP
Connected
devices
Pages + API
Smart
environment
Web Site
Business
Partners
Internal IT

21. FINAL THOUGHTS
 How to build 1 million API in 2017 ?
– with radically simpler PaaS for Web APIs
– an equivalent of Wordpress.com & Tumblr for APIs
– truly democratize Web APIs !
Source: Wired / June 2013

22. KEEP IN TOUCH!
http://apispark.com
http://blog.restlet.com
Twitter: @apispark
jlouvel@restlet.com
Research report written by Kin Lane
for GigaOM, undersigned by Restlet