What does the API Economy 101 book contain?

SECTION I: BEGIN WITH BUSINESS

1 WARNING: THE API ECONOMY MAY CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS MODEL

• THINK OF A BOOK AS AN API AND A PUBLISHER AS THE PLATFORM
• “WE DO NOT BOTHER BUSINESS WITH THIS API STUFF”
• API OR PLATFORM ECONOMY?
• SUMMARY

2 WHAT VALUE DOES YOUR API ADD?

• ADDED VALUE IS EXPERIENCE
• PIECES OF ADDED VALUE
• API AS A MEANS TO VALUE
• SUMMARY

3 APIS IN THE ECOSYSTEM

• ECOSYSTEMS ARE A NEW CORNERSTONE OF DIGITAL BUSINESS
• APIS AS GLOBAL GATEWAYS
• SUMMARY

4 TRACTION IN THE PLATFORM ACTION

• VALUE COMES FROM INTERACTION
• WHY DO BUSINESS MODELS CHANGE?
• API ECONOMY: A PLATFORM ECONOMY FORERUNNER
• SUMMARY

5 API – A PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR SOMETHING ELSE?

• “API INCLUDED”
• RESOURCE-ORIENTED API WORLDVIEW
• SUMMARY

6 BUSINESS MODELS FROM APIS TO PLATFORMS

• OTHER CRITICAL ASPECTS OF THE BUSINESS MODEL
• THE BEST BUSINESS MODEL FOR ME?
• WHO IS YOUR CUSTOMER, WHAT IS YOUR OFFER, AND HOW DO YOU PRODUCE IT?
• SUMMARY
   

SECTION II: APIS – THE LIMITED EDITION

7 CONSUME INTERNALLY – INTERNAL AND PRIVATE APIS

• THE DISTRESS AROUND DATA MODELS
• WHERE IS THE INTERNAL API LOCATED AND WHO USES IT?
• DOES THE INTERNAL API HAVE A FUTURE?
• SUMMARY

8 FOR THE SAKE OF PARTNERHOOD – PARTNER APIS

• STEP INTO THE API ECONOMY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
• CHOOSING A PARTNER
• APIS MAKE IT EASIER TO EXPAND YOUR PARTNER NETWORK
• OTHERS DO THE SALES
• SERVICE BUSINESS INSTEAD OF PROJECT BUSINESS
• PARTNER APIS OPEN DOORS TO NEW MARKETS
• SOMEONE HAS ALREADY SOLVED YOUR PROBLEM
• MORE DEVICE SALES AND BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
• WHAT TO DO WHEN THE API IS READY?
• IS THERE LIFE AFTER PARTNER API DEVELOPMENT?
• SUMMARY

9 APPLY EXTERNALLY – PUBLIC API

• BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC AP
• OPEN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• OPEN DATA API
• OPEN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA APIS
• SUMMARY

10 THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY AS CUSTOMER

• IGNITING PASSION AND CREATIVITY
• FROM INNOVATORS TO LAGGARDS
• EMPATHIZE WITH DEVELOPERS
• LIKE PEELING ONIONS
• DEVELOPERS ARE LAZY, AND TIME IS PRECIOUS
• THE EXPANDING DEVELOPER COMMUNITY
• SUMMARY

SECTION III: THE LEAN LEAP TO APIS
 

11 APIS CHANGE YOUR ORGANIZATION

• APIS DO MORE THAN JUST CHANGE IT
• INTRODUCING YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
• A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE OF A SWEEPING BUSINESS CHANGE
• NO APIS WITHOUT AGILE METHODS
• SUMMARY

12 ENCOUNTERS ON CANVAS

• FROM A VALUE PROPOSITION TO THE BUSINESS MODEL
• TRIED AND TESTED
• SUMMARY

13 START BY EXPERIMENTING LIGHTLY

• FIGURE OUT THE BIG PICTURE
• MINIMUM VALUE-ADDING PRODUCT
• STABILIZE THE FACADE
• ONCE INTERFACE EXPERIMENTS ARE COMPLETE, INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERIMENTATION BEGINS
• PLAN THE LIFECYCLE BEFORE PUBLISHING
• SUMMARY

14 STYLE ABOVE CODE – API DESIGN GUIDE

• STANDARD INTERFACES
• THE ROLE OF THE API DESIGN GUIDE IN API DEVELOPMENT
• EVALUATE AND VALIDATE API DESIGN
• FORMULATE, TEST, EVALUATE
• USE STANDARDS
• AFTER THE API RELEASE
• SUMMARY

15 AUDIT YOUR APIS

• SECURITY OR COMPLIANCE?
• USABILITY TESTING IS ALSO PART OF THE API
• DID YOU BUY OR INHERIT YOUR API?
• SUMMARY

16 THE DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE IS THE NEW BLACK

• INTERFACES TO FALL IN LOVE WITH
• CUSTOMER JOURNEY AS A COMMON NARRATIVE
• DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE IS NOT JUST TECHNOLOGY
• A GOOD DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE IS THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
• CREATING VALUE
• LOW BARRIERS
• UPDATED AND COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION
• WHEN I CAN’T FIND WHAT I NEED ...
• CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT
• SUMMARY

17 PUBLISH QUICKLY, SUPPORT, MEASURE, AND LEARN

• RELEASE THE FIRST VERSION OF YOUR API QUICKLY
• BUILD AN OVERALL VIEW WITH SUITABLE METRICS
• APIS AND DEVOPS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER
• SUMMARY

SECTION IV: MANAGING APIS
 

18 EXPOSED INTERFACES

• CAN AN API EXIST WITHOUT API MANAGEMENT?
• DECENTRALIZED API MANAGEMENT IN A LARGE ENTERPRISE
• SUMMARY

19 DISTRIBUTE AND MANAGE

• DOES AN API ALWAYS NEED MICROSERVICES?
• SOURCE OF ETERNAL YOUTH
• SUMMARY

20 IDENTITY CRISIS

• RIGHT ACCESS CONTROL MATTERS
• IS YOUR IDENTITY BASED ON EMAIL?
• SUMMARY

EPILOGUE
GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

2 WHAT VALUE DOES YOUR API ADD?

• ADDED VALUE IS EXPERIENCE
• PIECES OF ADDED VALUE
• API AS A MEANS TO VALUE
• SUMMARY

3 APIS IN THE ECOSYSTEM

• ECOSYSTEMS ARE A NEW CORNERSTONE OF DIGITAL BUSINESS
• APIS AS GLOBAL GATEWAYS
• SUMMARY

• VALUE COMES FROM INTERACTION
• WHY DO BUSINESS MODELS CHANGE?
• API ECONOMY: A PLATFORM ECONOMY FORERUNNER
• SUMMARY

5 API – A PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR SOMETHING ELSE?

• “API INCLUDED”
• RESOURCE-ORIENTED API WORLDVIEW
• SUMMARY

6 BUSINESS MODELS FROM APIS TO PLATFORMS

• OTHER CRITICAL ASPECTS OF THE BUSINESS MODEL
• THE BEST BUSINESS MODEL FOR ME?
• WHO IS YOUR CUSTOMER, WHAT IS YOUR OFFER, AND HOW DO YOU PRODUCE IT?
• SUMMARY
   

SECTION II: APIS – THE LIMITED EDITION

7 CONSUME INTERNALLY – INTERNAL AND PRIVATE APIS

• THE DISTRESS AROUND DATA MODELS
• WHERE IS THE INTERNAL API LOCATED AND WHO USES IT?
• DOES THE INTERNAL API HAVE A FUTURE?
• SUMMARY

8 FOR THE SAKE OF PARTNERHOOD – PARTNER APIS

• STEP INTO THE API ECONOMY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
• CHOOSING A PARTNER
• APIS MAKE IT EASIER TO EXPAND YOUR PARTNER NETWORK
• OTHERS DO THE SALES
• SERVICE BUSINESS INSTEAD OF PROJECT BUSINESS
• PARTNER APIS OPEN DOORS TO NEW MARKETS
• SOMEONE HAS ALREADY SOLVED YOUR PROBLEM
• MORE DEVICE SALES AND BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
• WHAT TO DO WHEN THE API IS READY?
• IS THERE LIFE AFTER PARTNER API DEVELOPMENT?
• SUMMARY

9 APPLY EXTERNALLY – PUBLIC API

• BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC AP
• OPEN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• OPEN DATA API
• OPEN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITH OPEN DATA APIS
• SUMMARY

10 THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY AS CUSTOMER

• IGNITING PASSION AND CREATIVITY
• FROM INNOVATORS TO LAGGARDS
• EMPATHIZE WITH DEVELOPERS
• LIKE PEELING ONIONS
• DEVELOPERS ARE LAZY, AND TIME IS PRECIOUS
• THE EXPANDING DEVELOPER COMMUNITY
• SUMMARY

SECTION III: THE LEAN LEAP TO APIS
 

11 APIS CHANGE YOUR ORGANIZATION

• APIS DO MORE THAN JUST CHANGE IT
• INTRODUCING YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
• A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE OF A SWEEPING BUSINESS CHANGE
• NO APIS WITHOUT AGILE METHODS
• SUMMARY

12 ENCOUNTERS ON CANVAS

• FROM A VALUE PROPOSITION TO THE BUSINESS MODEL
• TRIED AND TESTED
• SUMMARY

13 START BY EXPERIMENTING LIGHTLY

• FIGURE OUT THE BIG PICTURE
• MINIMUM VALUE-ADDING PRODUCT
• STABILIZE THE FACADE
• ONCE INTERFACE EXPERIMENTS ARE COMPLETE, INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERIMENTATION BEGINS
• PLAN THE LIFECYCLE BEFORE PUBLISHING
• SUMMARY

14 STYLE ABOVE CODE – API DESIGN GUIDE

• STANDARD INTERFACES
• THE ROLE OF THE API DESIGN GUIDE IN API DEVELOPMENT
• EVALUATE AND VALIDATE API DESIGN
• FORMULATE, TEST, EVALUATE
• USE STANDARDS
• AFTER THE API RELEASE
• SUMMARY

15 AUDIT YOUR APIS

• SECURITY OR COMPLIANCE?
• USABILITY TESTING IS ALSO PART OF THE API
• DID YOU BUY OR INHERIT YOUR API?
• SUMMARY

16 THE DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE IS THE NEW BLACK

• INTERFACES TO FALL IN LOVE WITH
• CUSTOMER JOURNEY AS A COMMON NARRATIVE
• DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE IS NOT JUST TECHNOLOGY
• A GOOD DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE IS THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
• CREATING VALUE
• LOW BARRIERS
• UPDATED AND COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION
• WHEN I CAN’T FIND WHAT I NEED ...
• CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT
• SUMMARY

17 PUBLISH QUICKLY, SUPPORT, MEASURE, AND LEARN

• RELEASE THE FIRST VERSION OF YOUR API QUICKLY
• BUILD AN OVERALL VIEW WITH SUITABLE METRICS
• APIS AND DEVOPS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER
• SUMMARY

SECTION IV: MANAGING APIS
 

18 EXPOSED INTERFACES

• CAN AN API EXIST WITHOUT API MANAGEMENT?
• DECENTRALIZED API MANAGEMENT IN A LARGE ENTERPRISE
• SUMMARY

19 DISTRIBUTE AND MANAGE

• DOES AN API ALWAYS NEED MICROSERVICES?
• SOURCE OF ETERNAL YOUTH
• SUMMARY

20 IDENTITY CRISIS

• RIGHT ACCESS CONTROL MATTERS
• IS YOUR IDENTITY BASED ON EMAIL?
• SUMMARY

EPILOGUE
GLOSSARY

REFERENCES