APIs:  Wiring  Adam  DuVander  @adamd  

@programmableweb  programmableweb.com  

Photo: Windell Oskay

Behind  Cloud  

the  

APIs  in  the  Wild  

APIs  in  the  Wild  

Based on directory of 6,000 web APIs listed at ProgrammableWeb, May 2012

Total  APIs  Over  Time  

106 APIs 57 APIs 39 APIs 30 APIs

Windell Oskay

Mobile  

SaaS   Cheap  Everything  Pay-­‐by-­‐call  

Windell Oskay

Mobile  

SaaS   Cheap  Everything  Pay-­‐by-­‐call  

external developers

7x  More  Internal  Use  

external developers

99x  More  Internal  Use  

NeLlix  on  800+  Devices  

Windell Oskay

Mobile  

SaaS   Cheap  Everything  Pay-­‐by-­‐call  

87  CRM  APIs  

Data  In   Data  Out  

Windell Oskay

Mobile  

SaaS   Cheap  Everything  Pay-­‐by-­‐call  

Jamison Judd

Justin Ruckman

CHEAP  compuRng   storage  

Steve Parker

Earth Infrastructures

Pete Simon

Storage  infrastructure  

consumer  

Storage  as  Infrastructure  

Storage  for  Consumers  

…  and  many  others  

129  Storage  APIs  

infrastructure  

consumer  

/  

Windell Oskay

Mobile  

SaaS   Cheap  Everything  Pay-­‐by-­‐call  

Flickr user sco

Flickr user sco

API  as  Product  

Cost Free Per 1,000 req

Ads Yup No way

Show  Ads  or  Pay  (your  choice)  

$250,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$2,000,000

Windell Oskay

Mobile  

SaaS   Cheap  Everything  Pay-­‐by-­‐call