API Integration Guide

Common integration patterns for our API:

• Direct Integration: Your application communicates directly with our API
• Backend Proxy: Your server acts as a proxy between your frontend and our API
• Webhook-driven: Our API sends events to your application via webhooks
• Serverless Functions: Use cloud functions to interact with our API

We offer official SDKs for:

• Python
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Java
• Ruby
• Go
• PHP
• C#/.NET

Each SDK provides idiomatic access to our API while handling authentication, error management, and request formatting automatically.

For different application architectures:

• Backend Applications: Use API key authentication
• Single-Page Applications: Use OAuth 2.0 with PKCE
• Mobile Applications: Use OAuth 2.0 with refresh tokens
• Server-to-Server: Use service account credentials

Implement these patterns for robust integrations:

• Circuit breakers to prevent cascading failures
• Retry mechanisms with exponential backoff
• Fallback mechanisms for critical features
• Graceful degradation when the API is unavailable
• Comprehensive error logging and monitoring

Strategies to optimize API usage:

• Implement effective caching
• Use bulk operations where available
• Process data asynchronously when possible
• Minimize payload sizes
• Use compression for large requests/responses

Best practices for testing API integrations:

• Use our sandbox environment for testing
• Create automated tests for API interactions
• Implement contract testing for API dependencies
• Set up monitoring and alerting for API dependencies
• Use feature flags for gradual rollouts