Everything is not OK: Representing Errors in API Designs

One of the important aspects of platforms and platform engineering is to provide solutions for problems that occur in many APIs of a platform. This way API designers don’t have to spend effort on solving the same problem over and over again, and API consumers can benefit from a more coherent design across the APIs of a platform. How to deal with problems that can occur is one of those questions that every API design needs to address. In this presentation we look at typical issues, some patterns and anti-patterns how to address them, and we also look at some standardized building blocks for representing those patterns. This allows designers and developers to spend less time figuring out what to do when everything is not OK.

Date: 2024-10-01
Time: TBA
Conference / Event: JAX London
Venue: Business Design Centre, Islington, London

Speaker

Erik Wilde Principal Consultant

With over 10 years of experience in the API field, Erik is passionate about helping organizations on their digital transformation journeys, making sure that vision, strategy, and technology are aligned, and that they are driven by well-aligned business and organizational initiatives. As an OAI Ambassador at the OpenAPI Initiative, he promotes the adoption and use of open standards and best practices for API design and management, and with Getting APIs to Work, I provide consulting and training services for API programs.

Everything is not OK: Representing Errors in API Designs

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