Research Questions On Their API Capabilities
Feature Gap – Identify what features of their User Interface are available via the Application Programming Interface. What features does the API have that the UI doesn’t and vice versa? Scale – Ask how many calls are made to their API daily. Do they have a dedicated pool of servers? Quantity is incredibly important since you want to identify whether the API is an afterthought or actually part of the company’s strategy. Documentation – Ask for the API documentation. It should be robust, spelling out every feature and variable available in the API.Community – Ask whether or not they have an online Developer Community available for sharing code and ideas with other developers. Developer Communities are key to launching your development and integration efforts quickly and efficiently. Rather than Buy Bulk SMS Service everaging ‘the API guy’ at the company, you’re also leveraging all of their customers that have already had trials and errors integrating their solution. Types of API – Familiarity with the type of API you’re utilizing, integrations can be quite easy. The opposite is true, though, if you’re unfamiliar with the features and requirements to utilize an API.
Languages – Ask what platforms and applications they have successfully integrated with and request contacts so that you can find out from those customers how difficult it was to integrate and how well the API runs. Limitations – Ask what limitations the vendor has in number of calls per hour, per day, per week, etc. If you are not with a scalable vendor, your growth will be limited by the customer. Samples – Do they offer a library of code examples to easily get started? Many companies publish SDK (Software Development Kits) for different languages and frameworks that will accelerate your integration timeline.
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Sandbox – Do they offer a non-production endpoint or sandbox environment for you to test your code in? Resources – Ask if they have dedicated Integration resources within their company. Do they have an internal consulting group available for integration? If so, throw some hours in the contract! Security – How do they authenticate using the API? Is it user credentials, keys, or other methodologies? Can they restrict requests by IP address? Uptime – Ask what their API uptime and error rate are, and when their maintenance hours are. As well, strategies to work around them are important.
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