What does it take to connect to hundreds of public APIs from within a single application? Writing a single integration can be a laborious process, but that level of effort isn’t possible at scale. Yet, fully automating how we approach APIs risks removing an important human element.

1. APIs at Scale
HUMANS AND MACHINES
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2. wikiHow

3. GET
POST
PUT
PATCH
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4. 200 201
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5. W
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6. WELCOMING
HOLISTIC
OPERABLE
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7. WHICH IS THE BETTER DOCS?
{name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

8. WHICH IS THE BETTER DOCS?
{name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

10. WELCOMING
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11. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

12. Lin Mei

13. Archives New Zealand

14. USERONBOARD.COM
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15. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

16. HOLISTIC
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17. ☐ FIND NEW CONTACTS
☐ DATA SUBMITTED IN A FORM
☐ SEND A NEW NOTIFICATION
☐ GET LATEST ORDER
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18. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

19. SPEAKING OF EVENTS...
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20. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

23. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

24. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

25. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

26. OPERABLE
{name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

27. REACHABLE, USABLE, MAINTAINED
{name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

28. WHEN ONE API GOES DOWN...
{name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

29. HOW WE DETECT DOWNTIME
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30. STATUS.ZAPIER.COM
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31. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

32. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

33. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

35. {name: "Adam DuVander", twitter: "@adamd", company: "Zapier", url: "zapier.com/developer"}

36. API DEPRECATION
X-API-Deprecation-Date:
2017-12-25T00:00:00Z
X-API-Deprecation-Info: https://
example.com/old-api-deprecation-info?
utm=from-header
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37. WHO
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38. @ADAMD
ADAM DuVANDER
ZAPIER.COM/DEVELOPER
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