API Technologies
API Protocols
Stateless, resource-based architectural style using HTTP methods with HATEOAS principles for scalable web services.
- HTTP methods (GET/POST/PATCH/PUT/DELETE)
- Status codes for responses
- Idempotency for safety
- Caching support built-in
- Public web APIs
- Microservices communication
- CRUD operations
- Mobile app backends
Query language with single endpoint, strong type system, and client-specified data fetching for flexible APIs.
- Queries and mutations
- Real-time subscriptions
- Schema and type system
- Resolver functions and batching
- GitHub API v4
- Shopify API
- Facebook Graph API
- Mobile apps with flexible needs
High-performance RPC framework using Protocol Buffers and HTTP/2 with streaming support for microservices.
- Bidirectional streaming
- Automatic code generation
- Strong typing with protobuf
- HTTP/2 multiplexing
- Microservice communication
- Real-time data streaming
- IoT device communication
- Internal APIs
Full-duplex persistent connection protocol for real-time, low-latency bidirectional communication between client and server.
- Bidirectional messaging
- Event-driven architecture
- Lower overhead than polling
- Connection heartbeat mechanism
- Chat applications
- Live feed updates
- Multiplayer gaming
- Collaborative editing tools
Lightweight remote procedure call protocol using JSON for encoding, underlying Model Context Protocol (MCP) and similar systems.
- Simple request/response format
- Method-based invocation
- Batch request support
- Notification (no response) support
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Blockchain node APIs (Ethereum)
- Language server protocols
- Simple RPC needs
GraphQL Ecosystem
Full-featured GraphQL implementation with robust caching, subscriptions, and developer tools for both server and client.
- Schema stitching and federation
- Advanced caching strategies
- Real-time subscriptions
- Error handling and monitoring
Instant GraphQL APIs over PostgreSQL with real-time capabilities, event triggers, and automatic schema generation.
- Auto-generated CRUD APIs
- Row-level permissions
- Event-driven webhooks
- Real-time subscriptions
Facebook's GraphQL client optimized for performance with fragment colocation, pagination, and sophisticated caching.
- Cursor-based pagination
- Optimistic UI updates
- Connection specification
- Compile-time optimization
API Design & Tools
API specification standard for REST APIs with documentation generation, validation, and code generation capabilities.
- Interactive API documentation
- Request/response validation
- Client SDK generation
- Mock server creation
- REST API documentation
- Contract-first development
- Client library generation
- API testing and validation
Event-driven API specification for message brokers, WebSocket, MQTT, and other asynchronous protocols.
- Event-driven documentation
- Code generation support
- Multi-protocol validation
- Message format specification
- Kafka API documentation
- WebSocket event specs
- MQTT protocol docs
- AMQP specifications
API development platforms for testing, documentation, and automation with collections, environments, and collaboration features.
- Request builder and history
- Testing scripts and automation
- Mock servers
- Team collaboration tools
- API development workflow
- Integration testing
- API documentation
- Environment management