API Technology

28 July 2022 | Anastasia Kholod

Today's eCommerce reality requires agility and swift responses to any changes. And sellers expect supply chain software (and any other eCommerce systems) to run all vital processes in real time. Webhooks appear to be the very solution that can bring flexibility and responsiveness to any eCommerce app. So, let’s discover... Read More

11 August 2022 | Anastasia Kholod

Hello there! We are back with our traditional fortnight API Digest! Let’s start with introducing the topics which you are going to read this time: API document generators can fall woefully short on meeting accessibility guidelines; Why you should always use access tokens to secure an API; Business drivers for... Read More

12 September 2024 | Anastasia Kholod

We are back with the traditional fortnight API Digest, and on this issue, you are going to see a wrap-up of the following articles: What comes after SaaS? Web API security: a story of authentication, God’s Eye View, and corporate espionage; The troubles with APIs: security, discovery, bulk loading; Building... Read More

10 August 2022 | Anastasia Kholod

Uber, Alibaba, Paypal or Airbnb, it really doesn’t make a difference what these companies go by. These companies always have their hands on the wheel to overtake competitors by the end of the game. But how? Conventional methods and marketing strategies are always their primary means to close and beat... Read More

25 August 2022 | Anastasia Kholod

Buzzwords keep coming up in eCommerce tech space, which is already brimming with them. Buzzwords can irritate and annoy, but the real problem is that they often cause misunderstandings. Some terms can perplex not only novices in tech but also experienced industry players. So we have decided to clarify most confusing... Read More

12 September 2024 | Anastasia Kholod

Hello to all API enthusiasts! Here is our fresh survey of recent API-related news and articles. In API Digest #58, you can find a brief overview of the following articles: 5 traits of successful API project managers Leverage public APIs to make your system better Four API errors that are... Read More

21 December 2022 | Anastasia Kholod

eCommerce B2B applications don’t function on their own. They are a part of the eCommerce ecosystem, which is made of many interconnected constituents like shopping cart software and various others. As to eCommerce B2B software vendors, running their functions typically implies using data from online stores. And that is the... Read More

7 February 2022 | Anastasia Kholod

The product, customer, order and other data from web stores powers the functions of various B2B e-commerce software products. API integration is what enables such software to retrieve and manipulate these data. Typically, API allows performing CRUD operations, which are the following: create, read, update and delete. It is a bare... Read More

24 August 2023 | Lexy Mayko

Matthias Biehl about API Strategies, Integration Challenges and Future We are back with a new interview, this time with Matthias Biehl (@mattbiehl), API Integration Architect, Innovation Catalyst, and Author and Advisor at API University. He likes to use his extensive background in technology and software engineering to educate and help... Read More

13 July 2021 | Anastasia Kholod

API Digest is here again with the traditional at-a-glance survey of interesting and useful API news, articles and insights of the last fortnight. In today’s issue you will find a brief overview of the following themes: why developers don’t like writing docs, APIs fuel a cultural shift in businesses, a... Read More