July 2023
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50 pages
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English
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Welcome to What Are Asynchronous APIs?
As the use of APIs continues to grow, one particular style of APIs—those that are asynchronous—are showing a noticeable increase. According to a survey conducted by the research firm Coleman-Parkes, “Event-driven architecture is in widespread use for 72% of global businesses” today. This translates to approximately 11 million developers based on a total of 19.1 million API developers sourced from Nordic API’s 2020 survey “APIs Have Taken Over Software Development”.
This report gives you all the tools you need to successfully introduce the powerful asynchronous API pattern to your organization. More and more applications today offer “instant feedback,” push notifications, and streaming data. A key component of these systems is support for asynchronous APIs—API calls that don’t rely on the RESTful client-server model but, instead, support servers that push notifications and data directly to the client as soon as it is available. This push-style interaction is at the heart of asynchronous APIs.
Who Should Read This Report
This report is intended to address the needs of a wide range of readers who are looking for a clear, concise introduction to the world of asynchronous APIs. That includes architects, programmers, system designers, operations staff, and decision makers. Readers should have a basic understanding of API technologies and tooling but do not need to be proficient in order to understand the material.
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