The blog post discusses the 'Language-Oriented Approach' to API development, which emphasizes high-level design over technical specifications like OpenAPI. It explores how this approach can simplify API design by allowing teams to...
OpenAPI Specification 3.2 introduces new features while addressing misconceptions in API design and highlighting recent vulnerabilities in web protocols.
The post critiques the MCP protocol, arguing it was released prematurely and lacks essential features like security and observability, leading to potential fragmentation in the ecosystem. It discusses the complexities of API versi...
The API Dispatch #5 reviews the June API meetup, highlighting talks on API development, including leveraging GitHub Copilot, the implications of OpenAPI Spec 3.2, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a universal plugin system. ...
A curated selection of API-related podcasts and video channels, offering insights and entertainment for both industry professionals and casual listeners.
The text discusses the perfect API design workflow, OpenAPI specification, file management, SDK generators, web API query parameters, and a security exploit in McDonald's APIs.
The API Dispatch discusses the hype around Model Context Protocol (MCP) and its impact on APIs, along with alternatives like agents.json, UIM, and ACP. It also covers recent news on standardization of RFCs related to API deprecati...
The API Dispatch is a series started as an internal newsletter at work and available on LinkedIn. The pilot issue covers the uncertain role of APIs in AI revolution, why you shouldn’t build IPAs, history of hypermedia, and a stand...
The article compares different geocoding APIs based on pricing, free tiers, and terms of use. It explains the process of geocoding and reverse geocoding, and the importance of choosing the most suitable geocoding API for a project...
The article provides an overview of Greenhouse APIs and authentication. It explains the different APIs available, such as the Job Board API, Harvest API, and Candidate Ingestion API, and how to obtain credentials for each. It also...
The article discusses the recent changes to Twitter's API access tiers, providing observations and recommendations. It advises against migrating to the new plans yet, highlights the features available on the Free and Basic tiers, ...
The article explains how to access the Instagram API through Instagram's Basic Display API and Instagram Graph API. It provides a step-by-step guide on setting up Facebook Login for Business and implementing the authentication flo...
The article provides a tutorial on how to find the account ID for an Instagram business account using the Instagram API. It includes steps to get an access token, retrieve account details, and common ID confusions. It also mention...
0Get started with Instagram API: The Setup
2025-03-11 • social media api
The article discusses the Instagram Graph API, which is Facebook's official way to access Instagram from your application. It covers the initial prerequisites for using the API, including creating an Instagram business account and...
The author discusses the challenges of integrating poorly documented APIs and the surprising behaviors that come with it. They share their experience with an API that had undocumented responses and how they had to manually parse t...
0The Web We've (Never) Lost
2025-02-07 •
The text is a recollection of a talk presented at the PragueJS meetup in February 2024. It discusses the decline of the web, the rise of alternative web platforms, and the importance of paying more attention to the web. It also co...
LinkedIn announced new API versioning and plans to migrate existing API endpoints to the new versioning scheme. The first set of endpoints to be migrated were Posts API, with a deadline of February 2023. The API is better, with cl...
Twitter announced the end of free access to its public API, but provided no details about pricing. The author built a website to answer the question 'Is Twitter API Free?' and used a single-serving site to do so. The site is perio...
0Exploring Pocket API: Authorization
2025-02-07 •
The author explores the Pocket API and its authorization process. They compare Pocket's authorization flow to OAuth 2.0 and OAuth 1.0, and discuss the challenges of implementing Pocket's authorization in Node.js.
0Lightweight Forms Validation in React
2025-02-07 •
The text discusses lightweight forms validation in React, emphasizing the use of native forms validation with validation constraints API. It provides examples of how to create a form with native validation, render validation messa...
0Saying Goodbye to Reading.am
2025-02-07 •
Reading.am, a social network for sharing links to articles, is shutting down after 10 years. Users could post links, comment, and quote text from articles. The site was simple, ad-free, and chronological. The author, Greg Leppert,...