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DDDiiissstttrrriiibbbuuuttteee +++ MMMooonnneeetttiiizzzeee AAAPPPIIIsss 
Defrag 2014 - Broomfield, CO
Orlando Kalossakas 
www.mashape.com 
@orliesaurus 
orlando@mashape.com
Sit back and relax 
Why APIs - Tap into the API market 
API Economy - $$$ Models 
Distributing - DevXperience
History is important 
The industrial revolution stems from: 
Industralization led to Efficiency 
Quality of Life led to working force 
Financial Innovations enabled more entrepeneurs to make it 
Transportation links sped up commerce 
Communication between peers improved
And then...
Nothing is stopping the API economy 
A whole universe of developers capable of consuming APIs 
Over 3 billion connected people on the web
Growth 
source: wikipedia.com
1990 
7B 
5B 
3B 
2013 
Internet citizens’ growth 
source: forbes.com
Devices connected to the Internet 
Devices Connected Years 
2013 2015 2020 
50B 
15B 
8.7B 
source: forbes.com
Mobile Connectivity Penetration 
source: opensignal.com
Developers fuel apps 
1.4M 
1.2M 
300K 
149K
Data, Microservices, Scalable platforms 
No excuses for not having an API
Build a library, then an empire 
- Expose data and functionality through 
service interfaces. 
- Communication must happen only 
through these interfaces 
- Any technology works 
- Design from the ground up to be 
externalizable. No exceptions. 
source:http://siliconangle.com/furrier/2011/10/12/google-engineer-accidently-shares-his-internal-memo-about-google- 
platform/
APIs and usage in modern times 
Mashape.com: over 10.000 private and public 
API 
Google 
Twitter 
Facebook 
Billions of API calls 
per day
Mashape Pricing Distribution
API consumers over time
APIs come in different forms... 
As a product: 
(Private and Public) 
The customer uses the API directly to add capabilities 
As an extension of a product: 
The API is used in conjunction with the product to add value 
As a promotion for a product: 
The API is used as a mechanism to promote the product.
API Economy - Price it right 
● Pricing - have a clear business model 
○ Free 
○ Freemium 
○ Paid 
● Paid or Freemium can come in different flavours 
○ Pay as you go with or without tiers 
○ Monthly recurring 
○ Unit price 
○ Rev share 
○ Transaction fee
API Economy - Price it right 
Depending your business model, you 
might end up paying developers to use 
your API
But wait 
Have you (or your team) built an API before? 
Is your audience right? 
Do your competitors have APIs? 
Could they copy your model easily? 
How will your API support your roadmap?
Food for thought 
+ Security & Access Control: 
+ Cloud or On Premises: 
+ Monitoring and Analytics: 
+ SOAP vs REST:
Prepare for the API economy 
+ Discovery 
+ Security 
+ Monitoring / QA 
+ Testing 
+ Support 
+ Documentation 
+ Monetization
Achieving great DX 
How will you publish your API? 
Onboarding and Documentation are the face of 
your API
Achieving great DX: 
What do developers love you for? 
• Track endpoint analytics 
• Track Documentation’s web analytics 
• Get involved in physical Hackathons 
• Keep API documentation up to date 
• Don’t break things (versioning)
In conclusion 
- It’s happening, it’s big, you can do it. Don’t miss out 
- Developers are hungry and ready to pay to use your 
service if you provide them with a good experience 
- You need to invest time and $$$ in making sure their 
experience is great, as soon as possible 
- You can make a lot of money with only an API.
Thanks for listening 
orlando@mashape.com 
POST /questions 
GET /answers
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I made these slides by hand and I do not own copyright of these images, they’re owned by whoever took the pictures. Thank you to all those who 
upload images on flickr.com and if you do not want me to use an image on my slides get in touch and I shall remove it!

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Distribute and Monetize APIs

  • 1. DDDiiissstttrrriiibbbuuuttteee +++ MMMooonnneeetttiiizzzeee AAAPPPIIIsss Defrag 2014 - Broomfield, CO
  • 2. Orlando Kalossakas www.mashape.com @orliesaurus orlando@mashape.com
  • 3. Sit back and relax Why APIs - Tap into the API market API Economy - $$$ Models Distributing - DevXperience
  • 4. History is important The industrial revolution stems from: Industralization led to Efficiency Quality of Life led to working force Financial Innovations enabled more entrepeneurs to make it Transportation links sped up commerce Communication between peers improved
  • 6. Nothing is stopping the API economy A whole universe of developers capable of consuming APIs Over 3 billion connected people on the web
  • 8. 1990 7B 5B 3B 2013 Internet citizens’ growth source: forbes.com
  • 9. Devices connected to the Internet Devices Connected Years 2013 2015 2020 50B 15B 8.7B source: forbes.com
  • 10. Mobile Connectivity Penetration source: opensignal.com
  • 11. Developers fuel apps 1.4M 1.2M 300K 149K
  • 12. Data, Microservices, Scalable platforms No excuses for not having an API
  • 13. Build a library, then an empire - Expose data and functionality through service interfaces. - Communication must happen only through these interfaces - Any technology works - Design from the ground up to be externalizable. No exceptions. source:http://siliconangle.com/furrier/2011/10/12/google-engineer-accidently-shares-his-internal-memo-about-google- platform/
  • 14. APIs and usage in modern times Mashape.com: over 10.000 private and public API Google Twitter Facebook Billions of API calls per day
  • 17. APIs come in different forms... As a product: (Private and Public) The customer uses the API directly to add capabilities As an extension of a product: The API is used in conjunction with the product to add value As a promotion for a product: The API is used as a mechanism to promote the product.
  • 18. API Economy - Price it right ● Pricing - have a clear business model ○ Free ○ Freemium ○ Paid ● Paid or Freemium can come in different flavours ○ Pay as you go with or without tiers ○ Monthly recurring ○ Unit price ○ Rev share ○ Transaction fee
  • 19. API Economy - Price it right Depending your business model, you might end up paying developers to use your API
  • 20. But wait Have you (or your team) built an API before? Is your audience right? Do your competitors have APIs? Could they copy your model easily? How will your API support your roadmap?
  • 21. Food for thought + Security & Access Control: + Cloud or On Premises: + Monitoring and Analytics: + SOAP vs REST:
  • 22. Prepare for the API economy + Discovery + Security + Monitoring / QA + Testing + Support + Documentation + Monetization
  • 23. Achieving great DX How will you publish your API? Onboarding and Documentation are the face of your API
  • 24. Achieving great DX: What do developers love you for? • Track endpoint analytics • Track Documentation’s web analytics • Get involved in physical Hackathons • Keep API documentation up to date • Don’t break things (versioning)
  • 25. In conclusion - It’s happening, it’s big, you can do it. Don’t miss out - Developers are hungry and ready to pay to use your service if you provide them with a good experience - You need to invest time and $$$ in making sure their experience is great, as soon as possible - You can make a lot of money with only an API.
  • 26. Thanks for listening orlando@mashape.com POST /questions GET /answers
  • 27. Image Takedown process I made these slides by hand and I do not own copyright of these images, they’re owned by whoever took the pictures. Thank you to all those who upload images on flickr.com and if you do not want me to use an image on my slides get in touch and I shall remove it!