Guest blogger Jeremy Schulman explains for network engineers (or anyone!) how to get started with an API. He outlines the different types of documentation and their pros and cons, how to take advantage of client libraries, and the ins-and-outs of authentication.
Hello, Network Automation World
Guest blogger Jeremy Schulman offers practical advice for network engineers charged with increasing automation. First, focus on tasks that reduce operational friction among teams. Become familiar with the tools used by various teams, and learn how to use their APIs.
Network Engineering, APIs, and You
As a network engineer, there are everyday hurdles you face, from outages to design to performance problems. Now you must learn API, too? How do you start understanding the new world? Guest blogger and network engineer Brian Gleason provides guidance on how go about it.
How Real-Time APIs Power Our Lives
Many popular mobile apps rely on "real-time" APIs, which can process an API call end-to-end in under 30 milliseconds. Explore many real-world examples -- ride hailing, cashierless stores, credit card fraud detection, and IoT -- and learn why you need NGINX, the only real-time API solution.
Batching API Requests with NGINX Plus and the NGINX JavaScript Module
The NGINX JavaScript module released with NGINX Plus R15 supports subrequests, adding a whole new class of use cases for NGINX Plus. This complete example also uses the NGINX Plus API and Key-Value modules to convert client API requests to separate requests to the microservices APIs that make up an app.
Securing Microservices and APIs with NGINX and Signal Sciences
Signal Sciences helps secure APIs, and individual services in a microservices architecture, running over HTTP/HTTPS on NGINX
Get Smart: Operational Intelligence for NGINX and NGINX Plus With Splunk Enterprise
Get valuable operational intelligence from your NGINX logs and the NGINX Plus live activity monitoring API with the Add-On for Splunk Enterprise.
Building Your API for Longevity, Part 2: Best Practices
Mike Stowe of MuleSoft discusses best practices to follow when building APIs that will continue to work in the long term.
Building Your API for Longevity, Part 1: Spec-Driven Development
Mike Stowe of MuleSoft explains how to use spec-driven development to build APIs that will continue to work in the long term
Announcing NGINX Plus R8
NGINX Plus Release 8 includes support for OAuth 2.0 processing, production-ready HTTP/2, persistent dynamic reconfiguration of upstream servers, & more.