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Exploring public APIs and the Public API Network

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Date Published
Author
Pooja Mistry
Word Count
674
Company Posts That Month
12
Language
English
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Summary

In a recent Postman livestream, Lead Product Manager Strategist Deepa Goyal and a collaborator explored the Postman Public API Network, which functions as a vast public API hub akin to GitHub repositories, providing a platform for both API producers and consumers. The network enables API producers to create public workspaces, enhancing user onboarding and API discovery, while consumers can search and interact with APIs through categories and curated lists, fostering a community-driven environment. The Public API Network, boasting over 20 million users, aims to increase API adoption, reduce the time to the first call, and provide ready-to-use code and documentation, ultimately easing the learning curve for API users. The livestream highlighted topics such as the differences between public and private networks, creating public workspaces, and best practices for API documentation, with insights drawn from PayPal's Public Collection.

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