Build API's Customers Will Use

RestPoint has developed a powerful API Design SaaS enabling API designers to rapidly build API's online they can test drive by sending requests from any API client tool like Curl or Postman. These API's are real deployed online API backends with cloud databases so any customer or user with an API key can send API requests and give feedback on these API's of what they need.

This service is especially focused on API Designers, Architects and Product Managers who must design API's, communicate with stakeholders and send API requirements to development teams. Having a real working API greatly fosters the necessary communication with stakeholders.

Nothing beats actually using and trying out the API to determine if requirements are met. When your customers have signed off on the API's, you now send a real working API with OpenAPI docs to your development team, almost eliminating any risk.

You can design your API in our browser based API Designer without any coding. To build API's even faster, you can import an OpenAPI or a Postman collection. The following shows examples of each approach.

Using API Designer, build the Top 100 Baby Names 2019 API

Click to watch importing Okta's Postman collection

Click to watch importing EBay's OpenAPI

Build API's that customers want by letting customers test drive the API's first, make the changes based on feedback, then generate OpenAPI and get the benefits of Design First API's.

The following are example use cases for this API service.

Deploy Your API

You can deploy RestPoint API's and backends, generate API keys for users to make API requests, plug into external backend systems via webhooks, and make available for consumption if your use case requirements are met. Plug into internal data an API Gateway too. Contact us any time, info at restpoint.io, for a any questions of this option.

High Fidelity Prototyping

Sharing API's with customers typically involves a lot of hassles, setting up backend configurations, programming and then trying to figure out how to share API's with others is hard. Way easier to build API's in RestPoint.io first for users to try and give feedback using real data. Use any client tool such as PostMan or Insomnia to send requests.

Design First OpenAPI

If you have an OpenAPI specification, you can import OpenAPI to auto generate deployed API's with backends in the cloud. Now you and your customers can try your and API with data. This will help you validate your OpenAPI specification with your customers to get them right the first time.

Import Postman Collections

Import your Postman collections to auto generate a real API and backend online for users to send requests, then auto generate OpenAPI for your Postman Collection. Click to watch importing a Postman collection

Experimental API's

Similar to prototyping, but use RestPoint.io for experimental API's, beta's and MVP's because it is a real API with real data. Create experimental API's for new products and make available to your customers to try for quick insight and feedback on viability and marketability.

Dependency Testing/Simulation

When your integration test needs to reach out to an external service, now you have a dependency that's a pain to work around. Build API's that can be used to simulate external API services needed for integration and system testing.

Jumpstart UI and QA Development

UI and QA developers can use API's while the development team is building the backend product API so they don't have to wait for end development to finish.

Sandbox

Deploy a replica of your API for users to try and avoid having to support issues such as OAuth for trial API access for your main product API.

Data Driven Test Cases

Build API driven test cases for data driven testing. When an API changes, all your data driven test data is auto updated.

Learning Tool

Use for learning and teaching others about API's, CRUD, REST, HATEOS and Resources.