Lessons from Sync API Design: What Makes A Good AsyncAPI?
summary
Argues that good AsyncAPIs borrow three REST lessons: familiar documentation by using the AsyncAPI spec and developer portals that present Async and REST side‑by‑side; consumer needs first by grouping related events into EventAPIs and exposing fine‑grained resource‑style channels (examples use MQTT topic patterns and wildcards); consistency by reusing OpenAPI schemas, parameter names and enumerations so integrations migrate smoothly — customers moving connected‑car APIs to MQTT report big cost and energy savings.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00AsyncAPI design lessons
- 5:01Documentation style for AsyncAPI
- 7:44Consumer needs in AsyncAPI
- 11:59REST versus AsyncAPI
- 16:36Key AsyncAPI principles
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