API VIRTUALIZATIONBuild a Better App

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Lorinda BrandonSmartBear Software

THIRD PARTY APISNot always your friend

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YADDA YADDA YADDAOr “Instructions for teaching your app’s developer how to code”

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NEEDS NO TRANSLATIONAn API Error by any other name…

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IT’S ALL FUN AND GAMES…Until someone makes a bad API call

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FACEBOOK LOGIN API HAS A (GASP) BUG

February7, 2013:

The day the World Wide Web

went dark

And brings down half of the web with it

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VIRTUALIZATION IS YOUR PROTECTIONTest execution and development

Test(automated or manual)

Development

Your Application

3rd party APIs(virtualized)

Your APIs(virtualized)

• Simulate (un)expected behavior• Minimize impact on and usage of external systems• Assert usage of external components

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CONSIDERATIONS

How will virtual APIs be used and managed? Local / Team / Enterprise

How technical is the team that will maintain them? Scripting / coding requirements Easy to create new configurations

How to incorporate in your Continuous Integration process? Redirect API calls to virtualized APIs

Access control internal / external

Reporting and Governance

Moving from theory to practiceCA Virtual API

SmartBear ServiceV

Mockable

Apiary

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