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Last Update: 23.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
Last time we started talking about security and I asked you how you would advise me as your client.
Last Update: 12.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
It is time for thinking about the securing our API. Right now, it is open to everyone, which we don’t want. So, what choices do we have?
Last Update: 11.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
When we return error messages, and along, we should not expose too much information. Same goes for normal data. More, especially detailed is not always better. It depends on the type of API and what the clients do with it and who the clients are.
Last Update: 10.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
Last time we talked about using proper HTTP status codes and also returning errors in a JSON format back to the client.
Last Update: 09.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
Let’s start talking about error handling in our API.
Last Update: 08.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
The black box testing with a RAML tool failed last time, so we are left with unit and our own integration tests. Which brings me to the point what should we use? Should our tests focus more on pure unit testing or more integration tests, testing different parts at the same time?
Last Update: 05.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
This episode is another one of “it didn’t work out as planned.” I originally wanted to use Abao as a tool for testing my API implementation against the RAML description. Unfortunately, Abao only works with RAMl 0.8 and not with RAML 1.0 which I was using. The request ticket for RAML 1.0 support was opened in 2015 and is still not done.
Last Update: 04.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
I implemented a basic version of the TaskService today. You can find the full version in the GitHub repo as I’ll only discuss certain findings.
Last Update: 03.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
Now that we have settled with a DB, it is time to define our model.
Last Update: 02.01.2018. By Jens in API Series | APIs | Newsletter
Today, we are going to decide which data storage we will use. A few years ago, it was pretty clear to go with an RDBMS, but nowadays we have a few other options we can consider. If we have a choice at all. In the enterprise world, we are often restricted by some company policies or standards.