How Buggy Are Today's APIs?

API Parasoft, leading provider of API testing solutions, recently conducted a study on API Integrity. The study targeted developers, testers, and managers whose organizations are working on applications that consume public, private & partner APIS. Integrity This infographic highlights some interesting findings from that research... Top impacts of API issues: Over 80% of respondents have stopped using an API because it was » Development delays » Increased support/customer service costs "too buggy" » Time to market delays » Testing delays » Lost business encountered 68% reliability/functionality issues encountered 42% security issues 90% of respondents report that APIS failed to meet encountered their expectations 74% performance issues 22.2% Respondents overwhelming selected "reliability issues" as being the most severe type of API integrity issue Security 61% Reliability 16.7% Performance Top ways to assess the quality of APIS to be consumed: Top threats to API integrity: » An extensive breadth & depth of testing is required to ensure APIS will satisfy expectations » Own test results » Published bug reports » User ratings » Validating end-to-end test scenarios typically requires interacting with dependent systems that are often difficult or access or configure for testing » Testing efforts lack the repeatability and automation critical for continuous testing » Change impacts from evolving APIS are difficult to identify and time-consuming to resolve Learn more at parasoft.com/api-integrity