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Using the REST API Monitors in WhatsUp Gold
This video demonstrates how to use the Active and Performance REST API monitors in WhatsUp Gold to measure a JSON value over time or to determine the state of a REST API endpoint.
5 common travel API integration mistakes to avoid
Travel businesses all around the world heavily rely on APIs in their daily work: they provide real-time inventory data, allow for seamless bookings, and enhance travel websites' functionality in general. APIs have become the backbone of the industry as a whole, which makes integrating them correctly extremely important for almost any travel company.
Kubernetes Security Fundamentals: API Security - Part 4
In this video we’ll continue our look at the details of how Kubernetes secures the various APIs it uses, looking at the controller manager, scheduler, and Kube proxy APIs. For more information, please see our security labs blog Kubernetes security fundamentals: API Security.
Playwright at Scale
When adopting Playwright, it can be tough to know if you're following the right design principles for a process that will work at scale. For those Cypress users, check out Cypress at Scale. Join Jonathan and Filip as we explore how mature organizations and effective teams adopt Playwright. We'll cover what we've seen in the wild and key considerations. — Fundamentals & principles: You'll understand what Playwright is and its design principles.
Top 5 JMeter Alternatives
In this post, discover the top 5 alternatives to JMeter for load testing, including k6, NeoLoad, Speedscale, Gatling, and Locust.
Monitoring as Code and Checkly Listed in the Gartner Hype Cycle for the Second Consecutive Year
I'm excited to share that Gartner has included Monitoring as Code (MaC) as an emerging practice to their Hype Cycles for SREs again, the second year in a row. Since we founded Checkly, our vision has been that monitoring should sit in your repository, be codified, and scale with your software development. There is no alternative to MaC as it allows your engineering team(s) to work together, create and maintain checks, and ultimately own their monitoring.
Guardians of user experience: How REST API monitoring keeps your applications running smoothly
Modern web applications rely on invisible engines called REST APIs to function. These APIs handle crucial data exchanges behind the scenes, ensuring everything from login functionalities to dynamic content updates runs smoothly, handles client-server communication or communication across application services. But, just like any complex system, they are prone to errors and performance issues.
Use the Gremlin API to add Chaos Engineering to your pipeline
Did you know you can use the Gremlin API to integrate resiliency tests into your CI/CD pipeline? Our partner Nagarro has even made it part of their shift left package. "What we do is shift left and add a chaos stage to the pipeline. We have created the shift left accelerator package. It integrates with load tests and Gremlin APIs to set up the test scenario.
5 API Gateway Best Practices
For a lot of organizations, APIs are almost like a digital baseball card collection. You keep adding to it, and some of them can be monetized. Just as you need to organize and protect your most valuable cards, you need to implement the appropriate security measures around your APIs. Your API gateway is like having a dedicated binder or box just so you can access your cards and share them without exposing them to people’s hands in a way that can devalue them.