Focus on to build an API

1. Conceptualize the API ideas

Before loading up your code editor at all, you want to be sure you know what you intend to do. By that, it means you must have an idea of what you want your API to do to people who will eventually use it; in short, come up with the idea of your API.

If you have no idea what to build, that’s exactly why there’s this article. The following section will show you five of the most interesting API ideas you can build for monetization. Even with that, you still have to think outside the box to come up with a unique idea.
 

2. Choose the API style

This article won’t cover this to a large extent, but there are two types of APIs: REST and SOAP APIs. Apart from the fact that their names are pretty interesting, they also have a couple of differences you need to note. Before choosing the style you’ll be using to build your API, you should consider comparing both, looking at their strengths for your API idea, and determining which of them will make your job easiest.
 

3. Develop your API

After making those crucial decisions, it’s time to actually fire up your code editor and get building. The steps required to build an API are advanced, and I can’t trust myself to be a decent programming tutor. If you’re here, you should already have an idea of how to create an API, or at least where to learn how to create one.
 

4. Optimize for security

During the process of developing your API, you should consider making security a priority. The idea here is to build an API that you’ll monetize, and monetizing an API involves opening it up to the public. You certainly don’t want your API to be a security vulnerability, so you should implement advanced security measures.