Apr 7, 2017
Census Data #API is Down
The US Census Bureau confirmed an extended service interruption on its data API, sharing the outage details with users directly.
Read more…Paul Cray
Blog & News
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Apr 5, 2017
"No problem. We'll write a cURL script to do that"
When Marketing flags a mission-critical API issue and DevOps says there's no problem, who's right? Here's what really happened.
Read more…Paul Cray
Mar 30, 2017
That 3AM Call
That 3 a.m. call from the support desk about your most important API outage is every ops team's nightmare. Here's how to avoid it.
Read more…Paul Cray
Mar 22, 2017
Your APIs are Only as Good as the APIs They Depend On
The February 2017 AWS S3 outage in northern Virginia knocked out huge parts of the internet for hours, showing how much APIs depend on each other.
Read more…Paul Cray
Mar 17, 2017
Updates for March 17 2017
A quick programming note on new features released this week, including improvements to our stats and reporting functions.
Read more…David O'Neill
Mar 15, 2017
Tesla's API outage is a lesson for everybody in today's hyper-connected world
Tesla's 2017 API outage is a lesson for everyone in today's hyper-connected world, where even cars now run on sophisticated software.
Read more…Paul Cray
Feb 16, 2017
APIContext gets a fresh new look for 2017
The APIContext user interface got a fresh new look for 2017, building on our improved call data visualizations and reporting.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jan 24, 2017
Improved Call Data Visualizations and Reporting
Welcome to 2017's first wave of new reporting features, designed to show you more about what's really impacting your API and SaaS performance.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 3, 2016
Defining a Quality Standard for SaaS and Cloud Services
The world increasingly relies on APIs to power mobile apps, services, and corporate operations. Here's how we measure their quality.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 27, 2016
Case Study: First Utility
First Utility, a leading UK energy supplier, struggled with API quality issues powering its mobile apps despite extensive existing testing tools.
Read more…David O'Neill
Sep 9, 2016
70% of all API problems have no apparent root cause
A survey of 20 leading corporate infrastructure APIs found 70% of problems have no easy way to identify their root cause.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 6, 2016
Issue Affecting Remote Locations over 4th July Weekend
A significant issue affected data collection from our remote agents over the July 4th weekend, traced to our connecting services bus.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jun 16, 2016
Two Percent
We rolled out new analytics tools and found a striking number: 83,000,000 API calls run since we started tracking performance.
Read more…David O'Neill
May 13, 2016
What is your API doing at 10pm?
Here's what we've learned about what your API is doing at 10pm, and how that relates to what your SLA actually means.
Read more…David O'Neill
May 4, 2016
False Clusters and New DNS Handling
We've improved how our agents work, now consistently capturing key API performance data including precise DNS lookup times.
Read more…David O'Neill
May 4, 2016
Going Back In Time
While checking performance data for odd responses, we found an API call that appeared to take -284,027 milliseconds to complete.
Read more…David O'Neill
Mar 30, 2016
Case Study: New Zealand Ministry of Business
New Zealand's Ministry of Business and Innovation opened government APIs to give investors and businesses access to key services.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jan 19, 2016
Outages - were you ready?
Twitter, one of the most reliable services we measure, had a rare outage today. Here's what it means for API reliability planning.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jan 9, 2016
Quick Update - Happy New Year
More features and changes are coming in the next few days as we finish final testing, including system-wide improvements.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 13, 2015
Programming Notes, Nov 13
Our test team quickly verified the latest sprint, giving us two new releases in one week as we keep improving APIContext.
Read more…Nick Denny
Nov 12, 2015
Programming Notes, Nov 10
Welcome to our first regular update on new APIContext features, starting with API Blueprint support in the importer.
Read more…Nick Denny
Nov 3, 2015
APIContext Second API Performance Report - Social Networks
For our second API Health Report, we examined social networking APIs like Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr across different cloud providers.
Read more…David O'Neill
Aug 6, 2015
The Internet is Coming for your Things
The Internet of Things has grown from buzzword to a potential multi-trillion dollar industry, reshaping how devices connect and communicate.
Read more…Paul Cray
Jul 29, 2015
Tracking API Calls with APImetrics
APIContext logs every API call with a detailed timestamp, making it easy to track down a specific request.
Read more…Paul Cray