Anatomy of a request URL

APIs are the lifeblood of the internet. They provide accessible and secure data layers for many purposes. I love APIs, but they are also a tough nut to crack. If, like me, you have looked for economies of scale in API integration, you will have realised that the landscape is vast and lacking standardisation.

Each API is somehow different from the other, making each API integration unique. This is especially true when we look at the request urls of APIs. Each API request URL looks different, and this almost always causes us to create adhoc code to handle the little quirks of each…

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Eternal searcher, sample of Italian madness. Product and Usability expert. Find more about me on www.mariacerase.com

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Maria Cerase

Eternal searcher, sample of Italian madness. Product and Usability expert. Find more about me on www.mariacerase.com