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The latest News and Information on API Development, Management, Monitoring, and related technologies.

What Is API Monitoring?

Jan 20, 2025 By Uptime.com In uptime

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are the James Bonds of software, silently keeping everything running smoothly while sipping martinis (shaken, not stirred). They’re the vital communication channels that enable different software systems to interact seamlessly, making sure your online shopping carts don’t mysteriously empty and your social media feeds keep you endlessly entertained with cat videos.

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Trust Playwright's Auto-Waiting for End-to-End Testing

Jan 19, 2025 By Checkly In Checkly

Join Stefan Judis, Playwright ambassador, as he explains the importance of Playwright's auto-waiting feature, ensuring you don't need to check if elements are actionable. Playwright does it for you, and this functionality simplifies your testing code and speeds up your test execution time.

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Stay ahead of service disruptions with Watchdog Cloud & API Outage Detection

Jan 17, 2025 By Hugo Pucéat In Datadog

Even with the best monitoring in place, outages are unavoidable. Complex, modern IT environments rely on multiple third-party services, including critical cloud and API providers, and when any one of those goes down, it can trigger a domino effect of increased error rates and latency spikes across your system. And, because you don’t have as much visibility into external services, it can be difficult to identify that the problem is due to an outside outage or disrupted service.

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Understanding API Keys and Tokens: Secure Management and Best Practices

Jan 17, 2025 By Sujitha Sakthivel In Atatus

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are the foundation of applications, facilitating communication between different services. To authenticate and secure these interactions, API keys and tokens play a vital role. However, improperly managing these sensitive credentials can lead to security vulnerabilities. In this blog, we will explore what API keys and tokens are, how to securely manage them, and best practices to use them across services while avoiding exposure.

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How We Migrated Checkly From Heroku to AWS

Jan 16, 2025 By Daniel Paulus In Checkly

Several years ago—in 2016, to be exact—we decided to host the Checkly platform on Heroku, since it was the hosted cloud offering (at the time) that best aligned with our needs. In particular, we felt that Heroku offered the best PostgreSQL cloud offering available at the time.

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Python Observability : A Complete Guide

Jan 10, 2025 By Matthew LeRay In Speedscale

Observability is a critical element of modern software development, unlocking awareness across complex and distributed systems with ease. This has allowed developers to monitor, understand, and debug their applications effectively, leveraging existing resources for more efficient lifecycle management and iteration. In the context of Python, observability is an engine for boosting and maintaining the performance, reliability, and stability of the implementation. In this guide, we're going to look at the key aspects of building and deploying Python observability, the importance of this process, and the tools available to implement it.

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How to Run Playwright Test in "Parallel," "Serial," or "Default" Mode

Jan 9, 2025 By Checkly In Checkly

Join Stefan Judis, Playwright Ambassador, as he looks into different Playwright test order execution modes. Learn how to effectively use the "fullyParallel" option and understand the differences between "parallel", "serial" and "default" test case execution. If you have questions or feedback, drop a comment below! And don't forget to subscribe for more Playwright tips!

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Orchestrated Service Virtualization: The Definitive Guide

Jan 8, 2025 By Ken Ahrens In Speedscale

Software development requires a lot of things to be highly optimized due to the sheer number of parts and the interconnected nature of those parts. Making your service seamless, efficient, and scalable requires tooling that is itself seamless, efficient, and scalable. As organizations have moved to adopting microservices and distributed cloud-native solutions, being able to effectively scale resources and the systems which operate upon those resources has been made even more critical.

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APIs are the "hidden heroes" of our digital world! #api #ipmanagement

Jan 7, 2025 By Catchpoint In Catchpoint

As APIs continue to shape our digital landscape, monitoring them has never been more crucial. Proactive API monitoring ensures these "hidden heroes" keep performing at their best, supporting seamless user experiences.

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What is Traffic Mirroring: A Complete Guide

Jan 6, 2025 By Kush Mansingh In Speedscale

Ensuring seamless data flow and robust application performance is crucial in modern networking and cloud computing. Traffic mirroring enables enhanced network observability, allows for effective troubleshooting, and facilitates the testing of new features without interrupting live traffic. It captures and replicates network traffic, providing a powerful solution for maintaining and optimizing network operations.

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