API-First Development: Top Tools, Advantages, & Challenges

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Chat by Stream

Treating the API as a standalone product adds efficiency from the start. A well-designed API lets a client, like a mobile app, request exactly the data it needs in a single call. For example, a real-time chat API might expose an endpoint that returns channel details, new messages, and participant profiles in just one call.

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GetStream.io

This is especially important for APIs that power real-time apps, where reliability is critical for low-latency response times and maintaining service-level agreements with consumers.

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