Building an API? The 33 tools you need to consider

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Swagger Inspector Landing Page

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Swagger Inspector

Free online tool to test APIs and autogenerate documentation

Swagger: They have two options, the Swagger Editor (free to download) and Swagger hub (their hosted service). This service defines, visualises and validates APIs in a collaborative environment.

#API Tools #APIs #Developer Tools
StopLight Landing Page
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StopLight

Stoplight is an API Design, Development, and Documentation platform that enables consistency, reusability, and quality in your API lifecycle, all with an easy, enjoyable developer experience.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
Stoplight: Offers tooling across the API lifecycle that helps you build quality APIs efficiently.

#API Tools #APIs #API 23 social mentions
Spring Framework Landing Page
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Spring Framework

The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications - on any kind of deployment platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Tools 11 social mentions
SendGrid Landing Page

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SendGrid

Learn why more developers choose SendGrid for their email deliverability service to send transactional emails triggered by web apps. Get started for free

#Email Delivery #Transactional Email #Email Marketing 106 social mentions
Ruby on Rails Landing Page
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Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is an open source full-stack web application framework for the Ruby programming...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #Frameworks (Full Stack) 118 social mentions
MailChimp Landing Page

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MailChimp

MailChimp is the best way to design, send, and share email newsletters.

#Email Marketing #Email Marketing Platforms #Email Marketing Automation 85 social mentions
Linx Landing Page
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Linx

Integration and automation platform for growing businesses
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $149.0 / Monthly (Cloud server)
The reasons to build an API in low-code are plentiful, but it mostly comes down to the time saved and simplicity. Tools such as Linx are a great fit for API development. It is a low-code tool for creating back-end processes, but it can also host and call web services. Some things you can do with Linx: Read, Create and alter files, perform data operations such as database read and write operations, integrate several different services and more.

#Integrations Platform As A Service #Low Code #Development Tools 14 social mentions
Insomnia REST Landing Page
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Insomnia REST

The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client ð´
Pricing:
- Open Source
Insomnia: A free cross-platform desktop application that takes the pain out of interacting with and designing HTTP-based APIs.

#API Tools #API #Developer Tools 120 social mentions
Hoppscotch Landing Page
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Hoppscotch

Open source API development ecosystem
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
Hoppscotch.io: This tool makes testing your REST APIs much more manageable and is free to use when writing.

#Web App #Productivity #APIs 77 social mentions
ExpressJS Landing Page
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ExpressJS

Sinatra inspired web development framework for node.js -- insanely fast, flexible, and simple
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JavaScript Framework #Node.js Framework #Web Frameworks 425 social mentions
Azure Queue Storage Landing Page

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Azure Queue Storage

Azure Queue Storage is a high-performance service for saving a huge number of messages.

#Communication #Development #Online Services
Microsoft Azure Functions Landing Page

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Microsoft Azure Functions

Serverless, also known as FaaS (Function-as-a-Service), is a new approach to application development. FaaS is a form of serverless computing with an infrastructure managed by the provider to upload functions and use them on a pay-per-request basis.

Another interesting angle is building ‘serverless’ functions using AWS Lambda or Azure functions to implement the API. I’ve found that the architectural complexity eats a lot of time, but if you’re already familiar with those platforms, it might be an easy way to build a couple of endpoints.

#Cloud Hosting #Cloud Computing #Developer Tools 19 social mentions
Azure API Apps Landing Page

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Azure API Apps

Azure API Apps give you the tools to develop, host, secure, and share REST APIs in your organization or with the world.

#API Tools #APIs #Data Integration
Amazon SQS Landing Page
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Amazon SQS

Amazon Simple Queue Service is a fully managed message queuing service.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Data Integration #Stream Processing #Web Service Automation 65 social mentions
Amazon SES Landing Page
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Amazon SES

Scale your business email & marketing messages with Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), a cost-effective and reliable cloud email service. Sign up today.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Email Delivery #Email Marketing #Transactional Email 65 social mentions
AWS Lambda Landing Page
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AWS Lambda

Automatic, event-driven compute service
Pricing:
- Open Source
Another interesting angle is building ‘serverless’ functions using AWS Lambda or Azure functions to implement the API. I’ve found that the architectural complexity eats a lot of time, but if you’re already familiar with those platforms, it might be an easy way to build a couple of endpoints.

#Cloud Computing #Cloud Hosting #Backend As A Service 248 social mentions
Amazon Cognito Landing Page

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Amazon Cognito

Amazon Cognito lets you add user sign-up, sign-in, and access control to your web and mobile apps quickly and easily. It scales to millions of users and supports sign-in with social identity providers and enterprise identity providers via SAML 2.0.

#Identity Provider #SAML #Identity And Access Management 63 social mentions
Auth0 Landing Page
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Auth0

Auth0 is a program for people to get authentication and authorization services for their own business use.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Identity And Access Management #Identity Provider #SSO 175 social mentions