Design
Create future-proof API specifications using the code editor or graphical editor
Enhancing Usability, Performance, and Future Growth through Thoughtful API Design
API First
Requirement management
Governance
Design
Review
Publish
Designing is a crucial part of API development, where the focus is on making them easy to use with clear interfaces and future-proof to grow as needed. Design decisions impact performance, security, and overall user satisfaction, making it essential to prioritize user-centric design principles and industry standards. A well-designed API enhances developer experience, usability, and adoption rates while also supporting future growth and maintenance. Leverage API design tools to achieve this.
Common Challenges in API Design
Lack of OpenAPI specification support leads to errors in specifications, requiring significant time for error validation.
Absence of a live preview of API design changes results in time-consuming code checking.
Starting API specification design from scratch is too difficult.
Designing API specifications via code view is time consuming.
Difficulty in managing parallel work on the same API requirement item, potentially causing data loss.
Manually duplicating the same components across different APIs is time-consuming and may lack uniformly.
Challenging to inject improvements, new features, or bug fixes into approved APIs.
Difficulty in accessing API business requirements and track requirement change over time.
Testing API specifications is challenging due to the lack of backend servers during the design phase.
Communicating with other designers for clarification on API specifications relies on emails or calls, and these interactions are not documented within the API specification.
API Design and Visualization
Tooling Supporting OpenAPI Specification (OAS 3.1.0)
Xapi Tooling provides comprehensive support for OpenAPI specifications (OAS 3.1.0), minimizing errors and significantly reducing the time required for error validation.
Tooling Visual Preview
Tooling Visual Preview offers live previews, reducing the time spent on back-and-forth iterations and enhancing efficiency in the development process.
User-Friendly Documentation Rendering
User-Friendly Documentation Rendering offer clear documentation, reducing the time spent on code checking and ensuring alignment with requirements.
Path and Component Search
API path and component search streamlines navigation through long API specifications, making it easier to find and manage specific elements.
Easy Navigation between documentation and code view
Easy Navigation to the Code View from the Documentation Exploring Option enhances the user experience by allowing seamless transitions between documentation and code views.
API Specification Designing via Graphical Form View
Graphical Form View enabling API specification designing simplifies the design process with a user-friendly graphical interface, making it accessible even for those who are less familiar with code.
Version control and component management
Git Commit-Based Version Controlling
Git commit-based versions enable parallel work on the same item without risking data loss, allowing for efficient tracking of changes and collaboration.
Improvement, Feature, and Bug Type API Artifact Merge Process
The Improvement, Feature, and Bug Type API Artifact Merge Process simplifies the injection of enhancements, new features, and bug fixes into approved APIs.
API Model Creation
API Models facilitate sharable component reuse across different APIs, reducing effort duplication and ensuring uniform updates.
Mocking and Style guide Validation
Git Commit-Based Version Controlling
Git commit-based versions senables parallel work on the same item without risking data loss, allowing for efficient tracking of changes and collaboration.
API Model Creation (API Components)
API Models facilitate sharable component reuse across different APIs, reducing effort duplication and ensuring uniform updates.
Improvement, Feature, and Bug Type API Artifact Merge Process
The Improvement, Feature, and Bug Type API Artifact Merge Process simplifies the injection of enhancements, new features, and bug fixes into approved APIs.
Path and Component Search
API path and component search streamlines navigation through long API specifications, making it easier to find and manage specific elements.
Linking APIs with Kanban Tickets
Ability to link APIs with corresponding Kanban Tickets provides easy access to all business requirements of the API.
API History
API History view represents a changelog to efficiently observe the API evolution via API status changes, assignee changes, commits, merges, and API artifact creation activities.
Diff View
Diff View displayes differences between different versions and commits of an API side-by-side, making it easier to track and compare changes made to the API specification.
