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BUILD, HOST AND MANAGEYOUR CUSTOM API IN LESS THAN AN HOUR
All-in-one platform for Web APIshttp://apispark.com
December 5, 2013
Stève SFARTZssfartz@restlet.com
VP of Engineering
BIO
Steve SFARTZ
VP of Engineering @ Restlet
APISpark devs & ops teams
Restlet Framework dev teams
Scalable & interoperable architectures
Keeping in touch
ssfartz@restlet.com
Twitter : @SteveSfartz
Blog : Think big … mais pas trop !
WEB API PROJECTTYPICAL LIFE CYCLE
Create Host Manage Use Promote
1) Do It Yourself (DIY)
long, risky, expensive but highly flexible
2) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
integrated, fast, cost effective
DO IT YOURSELF APPROACH
with the Restlet framework
RESTLET FRAMEWORKOPEN SOURCE PROJECT STARTED IN 2005
A N D R O I D G A E G W T J A V A E EJ A V A S E O S G I
Editions for
Create (and consume) Web APIs
in a REST style
LARGELY USED
SELF HOSTED OR EMBEDDED
FILTERING AND ROUTINGMULTI-THREADED AND DYNAMIC
Restlet Resource
Filter
B
C
A
Router
B
C
A
Route 1
Route 2
Route 3
A
B
C
UNIFIED APPROACH
FOR CLIENT AND SERVER SIDES
HTTP
Annotated
Java interface
REST API
Client
resourceServer
resource
Client
proxyServer
subclass
CONVERSION SERVICEEXTENSIBLE, SCORING, BEANS DE REPRÉSENTATION
Resource
XML
HTML
JSON
StateRepresentation
bean
Form Data
RDF
…
Atom
Converter
service
MULTIPLE PROTOCOLSHTTP COMES FIRST, EXTEND IT TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
Semantics
Messaging
Payload
Conditional requests
Rangedrequests
Caching Authentication
Restlet
API
Restlet
Engine
Protocoles
• HTTP
• AJP
• FTP
• RIAP
• CLAP
• FILE
• POP3
• SMTP
• JDBC
• SIP
CLOUD INTEGRATIONTUNNEL YOUR IT AND EXPOSE INTERNAL DATA
PAAS APPROACH
with APISpark
APISPARK PLATEFORM
Send us your feed-back and help us making it the best PaaS for Web
APIs !
BUILD YOUR DATA SOURCE
Step 1
DIY APPROACH
Select a database technology
that scales
Specify the schema
tables / sets, keys / queries, indexes
Setup the database
On premise or in the Cloud
Ensure security, high availability and performances
From days to weeks
PAAS WAYBACK END AS A SERVICE
CREATE YOUR WEB API
Step 2
DIY APPROACH
Select an API framework that
Lets you be productive and gets you on the way
Leverages your skills
Ensures your web API will scale and be secure
Write the code
Code, debug, unit tests
Read, write, update your data
Package the code
From days to weeks
PAAS WAYFULLY AUTOMATED
DEPLOY YOUR WEB API
Step 3
DIY APPROACH
Choose a deployment target Private hosting with firewall / DMZ Public hosting : Cloud / Dedicated
Select an API management solution Build your own from Open source, third
party products Leverage an API management service :
plug it in tasks and side effects
Guaranty your SLA Test, QA, iterate, benchmark…
From days to weeks to get started
PAAS WAYINSTANT DEPLOY AND AUTO SCALE
PROMOTE YOUR API
Step 4
DIY APPROACH
Write your API documentation
Annotated your API code and generate ?
Use HTML tooling ?
Maintenance costs (versions sync)
Provide client SDKs
Write first SDKs
Pray for community contributions for others ?
Test, QA, iterate, etc.
From days to weeks to get started
PAAS WAYGENERATE CLIENT SDKS
PAAS WAYBUILT-IN ANALYTICS
DIY VERSUS PAASSUMMARY
From weeks to months
Web API manager
Custom code
Web API framework
Generic PaaS
Hosting
Current practice:• Team of engineers• Heterogeneous stack• Complex & expensive
to develop andto operate
From minutes to hours
API Spark• creation• hosting• management• usage
All-in-one PaaS
Web API definition
HOW MANY APIS ? TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN
Web Site
Pages + API
Browser
Connected devices
Smartenvironment
Business Partners Internal IT
HTTP
FINAL THOUGHTS
How to build 1 million API in 2017 ?
– with radically simpler PaaS for Web APIs
– truly democratize Web APIs !
Source: Wired / June 2013
THE ALL-IN-ONE PLATFORM FOR
WEB APIS
JOIN US
DevOps Engineers
R&D Engineers
Internships : R&D, devops
Location : France (Nantes)
http://restlet.com/about/hiring