Last year we set out to reinvent how developers approach and explore APIs. The result was the Apigee API Console, which lets developers view the full surface area of an API, authenticate in seconds, easily view API requests and responses, dig into errors and share their results. We've made API consoles for Twitter, Facebook, Salesforce and more available on Apigee.com, but time and again we've heard API providers ask for a way to build their own consoles and give it to their own developers, on their own sites…
So today we're launching Apigee To-Go, which lets you create your own API Console, skin it with the look and feel to match your brand, and then embed it where your developers are, on your own site or portal — for free. We're excited to announce that LinkedIn, PayPal and SoundCloud are already offering API Consoles custom-built for their APIs on their own developer portals.
The top benefits an API Console provides to your developers:
Documentation is important, but interaction is critical.The API consoles gets developers from exploring to coding faster.
Authentication schemes like OAuth slow developers down. Apigee's API Console handles OAuth 1.0, OAuth 2.0 and basic so authentication won't get in the way.**
It's the best way to demonstrate an API, something developer evangelists and support teams need to do all the time.
The ability to share snapshots of a request/response pair makes debugging social and facilitates communication between the API team and its developers.
We want to hear your thoughts, feedback and experience, so check out our support site or connect with us on Twitter.
Last year we set out to reinvent how developers approach and explore APIs. The result was the Apigee API Console, which lets developers view the full surface area of an API, authenticate in seconds, easily view API requests and responses, dig into errors and share their results. We've made API consoles for Twitter, Facebook, Salesforce and more available on Apigee.com, but time and again we've heard API providers ask for a way to build their own consoles and give it to their own developers, on their own sites…
So today we're launching Apigee To-Go, which lets you create your own API Console, skin it with the look and feel to match your brand, and then embed it where your developers are, on your own site or portal — for free. We're excited to announce that LinkedIn, PayPal and SoundCloud are already offering API Consoles custom-built for their APIs on their own developer portals.
The top benefits an API Console provides to your developers:
- Documentation is important, but interaction is critical.The API consoles gets developers from exploring to coding faster.
- Authentication schemes like OAuth slow developers down. Apigee's API Console handles OAuth 1.0, OAuth 2.0 and basic so authentication won't get in the way.**
- It's the best way to demonstrate an API, something developer evangelists and support teams need to do all the time.
- The ability to share snapshots of a request/response pair makes debugging social and facilitates communication between the API team and its developers.
We want to hear your thoughts, feedback and experience, so check out our support site or connect with us on Twitter.
** Apigee to Go supports standard implementations of OAuth 1.0 and 2.0, so if you use a slightly different flavor of OAuth, you may run into problems getting the authentication working. However, we want to work with you to understand more about how providers implement authentication and how we can get you up and running, so please send us a note in our support site and we'll be in touch!
