Managing an API as a Product
Learn how to manage APIs by treating them as a real product.
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An API as a product involves treating the API as a standalone product that is marketed, sold, and supported for customer use. This includes tasks such as defining the API’s value proposition, creating documentation and tutorials, setting the pricing and usage limits, monitoring the usage and performance, and responding to customer feedback and support requests. It also involves continuously updating and improving the API based on customer feedback and market trends to ensure it remains valuable to customers. In other words, managing an API as a product is similar to managing any other product, but with a focus on the specific needs and considerations of an API.
Key steps for organizations
Organizations that already have APIs can transition to managing them as products by implementing these steps:
Define the ...