Are you curious about space, or a student looking for an idea for your next thesis or dissertation project? Do you want to know how much your business is affected by Space Weather? Are you a writer or journalist looking to get the next scoop on interesting space news or a NASA image? There is plenty of inspiration that you can get from each NASA API and a range of commercial APIs available from…
Wib's API Security Platform Promises To Deliver Complete Visibility and Control Across Entire API Ecosystem
November 18, 2022
API Security Important
The internet has become a staple in the way we live and work. We rely on web-based applications to do everything from checking the weather to filing our taxes.
Many companies do not manage web API security, they use rest APIs from API providers rather…
Create a Telegram Bot that converts your original url in a message to a short link for better tracking
November 14, 2022
A beginners guide to creating a Python Telegram bot and implementing url shortener APIs
In this roundup example you will learn how to create a Telegram bot and integrate APILayer’s url shortening API service (a link shortening service that takes your long urls and…
Adding charts to your user interface allows you to graphically communicate stories. But how can you accomplish this without developing long-form code from scratch? It is simple. All you need is a JavaScript chart library to transform your data into final charts.
These are the greatest JavaScript libraries to utilize if you need to build real-time charts or show your users a historical trend.
What…
Businesses in Ireland could be fined up to €20 million for hosting sexually explicit photos and videos
October 20, 2022
What happens if a user posts a sexually explicit photo or video to your service? Does your business offer a way for customers to upload photos and videos? Businesses in Ireland could be fined up to €20 million (or 10% of revenue, whichever is greater) under proposed…
Automation is a boon of the digital age. Since its introduction, it has helped productivity, profit, and usability soar greatly, saving time and money wherever it’s implemented. Old requirements that required hours or days of manual work before now take seconds to finish…
APIs or Application Programming Interfaces are protocols that enable two software components to communicate with each other using a set of request and response prompts. This simple and ingenious mechanism has skyrocketed in use, especially with the amount of data that we collectively process on a daily basis (around 2.5M TB of data as per IBM).
And while you may not be even close to handling that…
Screenshots are helpful and can be fun, but are they legal and ethical? What about social media?
August 30, 2022
A screenshot, also called a screencap or screengrab, is an image that shows what is on the screen of a computer or device such as a phone or a kindle. Screenshots let you take a picture of what’s on your screen so you can share it with others or look it up later.
Using API Layer, developers may access a wide range of APIs and hence, data from a wide range of data sources such as Weather, flights, geo locations, IP addresses, finance, stocks, and much more. Businesses developing Artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives can quickly and…
APIs form the building blocks of large systems today. APIs are preferred for systems to communicate with each other and exchange data. Have you ever wondered if these APIs are working correctly while meeting the data needs of the systems?
Certain tests must be performed before the APIs produced or consumed are released into the production environment. API testing has become important with the rise…
