API Development
Host a Reverse Proxy in Seconds
Need a publicly accessible reverse proxy? Want to skip testing with localhost? Blackbird has an easy solution. Setting up the Proxy
August 2, 2024 | 1 min read
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The latest posts and insights about Ambassador Labs - our products, our ecosystem, as well as voices from across our community.
API Development
The Complete Roadmap to Effective API Testing
APIs are essential for interacting with and building large-scale technology. They have quickly become central to enabling collaboration, innovation, and communication in the digital space. The rise of Business Intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has further increased API importance, as these technologies heavily rely on APIs for data access and model deployment. This might be why recent data show that almost 90% of developers use APIs in some form during their processes.
August 1, 2024 | 16 min read
API Development
Spending Less Time on Boilerplate
How Blackbird let me focus on what was important In today’s market, time is an extremely valuable commodity. I’d like to share my thoughts on the current ways to help make the most efficient use of developers’ time and effort. I’m a developer at heart and even though I am helping to build it, here’s what gets me excited about using Blackbird API Development Platform to develop Blackbird. How I Build Projects
July 31, 2024 | 6 min read
API Mocking
Mocking an AI Chatbot API with Blackbird
I’ve been developing APIs for years. In every API project, I face the same struggle of needing mocks, but spending too much time setting up, hosting, and maintaining them. I’d rather spend that time implementing the APIs or client code. API Mocking is important — it’s useful in development, debugging, testing, and can power the “try-it-out” portion of an API’s docs. As a software engineer I’ve used a variety of mocking tools and libraries including Mock Server, SOAP UI, and Mock Service Worker. These tools are helpful, and can be quick to setup for personal use, but still require a lot of infrastructure and setup to effectively use on a dev team or in CI/CD scenarios. Every software company I’ve worked at had a different home-grown way of configuring and hosting mocks for APIs, and usually the hosting part was managed by a separate DevOps or infra team. Blackbird is a new tool I helped create at Ambassador that among other things can quickly create shareable mock instances of APIs and host them in a SaaS environment. This post will walk through an example of using Blackbird to setup mocking on an AI chatbot application that both consumes and implements an API.
July 31, 2024 | 8 min read
API Gateway
Choosing an API Gateway: Defining Kubernetes-Native
Community Corner with Cindy Mullins
July 31, 2024 | 9 min read
API Mocking
API Mocking: A Comprehensive Guide
Research shows that nearly 90% of developers use APIs in some way. However, using live APIs during development can pose risks and slow down your workflow. That's where mocking becomes invaluable. What is API Mocking? API mocking simulates the behavior of real APIs, creating a controlled environment for testing and development.
July 30, 2024 | 13 min read