Layer7 APIs & Developer Management
by G. Hussain Chinoy
1. Versioning
1.1. Simultaneous Versions
1.2. Decision to Sunset
1.3. Translate v1 api -> v2 internally
2. Other Users
2.1. System Integrators
2.2. ISVs
3. Categorization
3.1. Metadata
3.2. Access / Auth
4. Standards & Governance
4.1. WADL
4.2. REST
5. Reporting Tools
5.1. Usage
5.2. Which apps
5.3. helps devs understand who their best users are
6. Documentation
6.1. Swagger
6.2. jsonschema
7. Evangelist
7.1. Active marketing
7.2. Code examples
8. API Explorer / API Portal
8.1. Immediate ability to exercise the API
8.2. Publish and Expose
8.3. Onboard & manage devs
9. Security
9.1. Sandbox
9.2. OAuth2
10. Managed APIs
10.1. API Portal
10.1.1. Partner
10.1.2. Internal
10.1.3. Public
10.2. Pay Barrier
10.2.1. Support
10.2.2. # of Hits
10.3. Free
10.4. Tiers
10.4.1. Manage access to deeper apis
10.4.2. Private apis
10.4.3. Rate limits