Adopting an API-First Strategy to Empower Developers

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We are in a digital age that requires interacting with customers more efficiently and more frequently, which helps explain why most organizations now consider APIs (application programming interfaces) fundamental to their success. At eBay, our partners expand our business by creating fantastic experiences for their buyers and sellers, who, in the end, are our mutual customers.

Developers are looking for capabilities, so we are talking about launching a product rather than releasing an API.

We grouped our APIs into four contexts: Standards and patterns define what is constant across the APIs and make it easier for developers to integrate.

The OpenAPI specification is now an industry standard for describing APIs and is open source with a large developer community.

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