API Development Services

An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of protocols and rules that enable applications to interact with each other. For example, when a user presses the ‘Checkout’ button on an online store’s website, it is an API that helps connect the website with a payment system.

Nowadays, it’s common for many customized applications to have specialized APIs.
A vetted community of expert software developers, DevTeam.Space offers a full range of API development services. We develop, test, and manage all sorts of APIs. Our API developers have helped clients from all major industries undertake custom API integrations, cloud API development, API documentation, API management and support, etc.

Our developers are skilled in all the popular technologies for custom API development services. These technologies include a range of programming languages, architectures, frameworks, and tools. Software engineers can use various tech stacks for API development. The final choice of the stack will depend on your unique API development requirements.

Need help with API development? Tell us briefly about your API development project, and one of our tech account managers will contact you shortly to answer any questions that you might have on a complimentary call.

Top API Development Technologies

Here are the main API development technologies DevTeam.Space offers:

Programming Languages

1. Python
2. Java
3. Architectural Styles
4. REST
5. GraphQL
6. ROA (resource-oriented architecture)
7. gRPC

Frameworks

1. FastAPI
2. Django
3. Spring Boot
4. Cloud Services
5. Amazon API Gateway
6. Google Cloud APIs
7. Platforms and Tools
8. Postman
9. OpenAPI
10. RapidAPI

Here you can read about some of the top API development technologies we use.

REST API Development

REST, or Representational State Transfer, is an architectural style popular for API development services. Compared to other architectures, it provides a lot of flexibility to developers. This is just one of the reasons why this method is commonly used by our developers. Its other features include:

1. REST or RESTful APIs follow a client-server architecture, allowing for the separation of concerns and helping developers build and maintain client and server components independently.
2. REST APIs use HTTP methods like Get, Post, Put, etc., and offer a uniform interface for web service communication. Developers can use simple technologies like JSON or XML for fast and lightweight REST API development, especially for mobile apps, IoT devices and the like.
3. REST APIs are stateless, meaning servers do not save client data between requests and do not need to manage sessions and follow synchronization logic, which reduces response times.

GraphQL API Development

GraphQL is a popular query language that was designed for APIs. Our developers use it on a daily basis to developer cutting-edge APIs that give our client’s applications the speed and reliability that they need to get ahead.

Some of the key features of GraphQL for API development are as follows:

1. GraphQL allows developers to fetch data on demand. Developers can specify exactly the data they need, not more or less. This helps solve the issues of over and under-fetching data on API calls, especially for edge-computing devices with low network bandwidth.
2. GraphQL can be used for real-time dashboard software development with changing data sets. GraphQL enables swift integration of data streams from multiple sources.
3. GraphQL offers several developer tools like GraphiQL (GraphQL’s Integrated Development Environment), Apollo GraphQL, graphqurl, and many more that simplify the development and testing of API services.

FastAPI

FastAPI is a modern Python framework for developing APIs. Some of the key features of FastAPI are as follows:

1. FastAPI is based on the OpenAPI standards for API development, including path operations, body requests, security, etc. It also provides automatic documentation of data models as JSON schema.
2. Developers can leverage interactive API documentation called ReDoc. FastAPI comes with a built-in Swagger UI to explore and test APIs.
3. FastAPI is based on modern Python with robust validation and security implementations like OAuth2, API keys, etc. Moreover, the framework offers dependency injection, third-party plugins, etc., for efficient API development.

Choosing a specific framework or platform for your API will depend on your unique development requirements. To learn more, get a complimentary discovery call with one of our account managers with experience in API development by submitting your project request via the button below.