3rdParty.io is a new tool I recently created to evangelize best-practices for third-party scripts and libraries. 3rdParty.io is a YSlow-like developer tool that’s designed to run best-practice checklists on third-party scripts and libraries. While YSlow and other great synthetic testing tools (such as Chrome’s Lighthouse) perform audits on entire...
Categories: Web Performance
Akamai API Gateway is now available, and we’d like to invite you to an info-packed webinar to give you the full scoop. In short, API Gateway uses the Akamai Intelligent Platform to deliver API functionality at the edge, which means every Akamai edge server becomes an API gateway. As...
We all want our websites to load faster and to be highly engaging so that users get what they want from the website. As a result, developers continuously employ a range of web performance solutions with the goal of improving end-user experiences and yielding high website conversion rates. The...
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Akamai’s JSON Web Tokens (JWT) validation capability uses RSA-256 (see the RSA cryptography specifications here) to validate the digital signature of a token. We elected to use the RSA algorithm over HMAC because we did not feel that passing secrets around was very secure. However, we recognize that many...
With the explosive growth of APIs enabling more innovation and powering more clients, it has become more critical than ever to optimize API delivery and management in every way you can. And Akamai is ready to help you get there: Today Akamai is proudly announcing the general availability of...
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APIs are a key catalyst in digital transformation, empowering companies to create new and innovative business models. At the same time, APIs can increase threat vulnerability and attack surface. A lack of appropriate API protection can expose you to downtime and malicious attacks, including unintended misuse by legitimate users....
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When it comes to API caching, we’ve found that many developers want to get a deeper understanding of how it works and the benefits it provides. We’ve also observed that adoption of API caching has been limited by a lack of tools to define and manage caching rules for...
Categories: APIs
Recently we posted about how you can improve API performance with caching. Now let’s see how Akamai can improve our application-caching results using CDN delivery, routing, and response caching capabilities. In the test described below, we utilized a test API to compare throughput rates with and without caching on...
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APIs are the “digital glue” that integrates and connects infrastructure, services, devices, and users. With the proliferation of APIs in almost every organization, it‘s essential to have a mechanism in place to manage and govern them. That’s why we introduced Akamai API Gateway, which makes it easier for you...
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Akamai API Gateway is a brand-new product designed to help you deploy your APIs on Akamai’s cloud delivery platform to simplify governance and maximize reliability. The best way for you to learn about the impressive capabilities of API Gateway is to onboard your own API, so let’s get right...
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