Talk a Nordic API Platform Summit 2014. See the video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjTUpLMN2DU&index=6&list=PLd2MPdlXKO1145w18Zdt1YqF4_qNYoBDP

1. REST APIs for partners
Applying best practices

4. Helping clients enable e-commerce

5. Warehouse
Payments
Delivery
Clients
ERP
Shopfrontend

6. REST API
Warehouse
Payments
Delivery
ERP
Shopfrontend
Clients
x5

7. Private API
Small amount of integrations
Huge impact
No public support
No excitement

8. APIis evil
Photo Credit: scragzhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/27261720@N00/132750728/

9. Make it smooth
Photo Credit: EladeManuhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/24141546@N06/9124253707

10. Fix processes
Integration is all over the place
Integrate orders
List goods
Integrate goods
Integrate orders
List goods
Integrate goods
time
time
Set up correct processes

11. Have a ready project for them
Data gathering
Business processes
APIendpoints
Errors and handling
Communication plan
Acceptance process

12. Use cases, not tools Photo Credit: sgracehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/7604548@N07/467444438/

13. Tools focused

14. Use-case focused
This is an API for …
Adding order
To add an order first make sure you have SKUs uploadedthen show user a delivery prompt. Thenadd the orderwith selected goods and a delivery method.
Showing a delivery prompt
To show delivery prompt…

15. Photo Credit: AlmazUKhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/8869029@N03/3564244382/

16. Log their input and errors
URLs
Request bodies
Errors

17. Have an integration table
Client 1
Client 2
Client 3
Orders create
+
+
+
Orders read
-
-
+
Goods create
+
+
-
Goods read
-
-
-

18. Break compatibility Photo Credit: Jesus Solana https://www.flickr.com/photos/65069067@N00/6406983891/

19. Sale it then build it Photo Credit: Jesus Solana https://www.flickr.com/photos/65069067@N00/6406983891/

20. Do their work
Have integration plan
Have testing plan
Log religiously
Watch their usage
Avoid building till needed
Negotiate change

21. REST API for partners
Konstantin Yakushev http://twitter.com/kojorukojo@kojo.ru