APIs at Scale for a Great Developer Experience
summary
Salesforce uses Postman to share APIs at scale, starting with a small Postman collection that grew into a public workspace and API Network listing; the system supports enterprise constraints (hundreds–thousands of users, millions–billions of daily transactions, 10–100 integrations, APIs >10 years old) and uses Postman web UI to avoid app whitelisting, requires proper CORS headers, and avoids local secrets with an OAuth browser flow. Collaboration uses forks and pull requests inside public workspace, and customer-specific docs come from OpenAPI 3.0 consumed by External Services — a working, production approach.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:32Agenda
- 3:11Customer-Specific API Signatures
- 5:54Modern Developer Experience Expectations
- 9:43Onboarding is Key for Developer Experience
- 11:02Postman Web UI - A Lifesaver for Enterprise Access Strict Security policies - App whitelisting
- 12:18Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
- 14:05Secure Configuration should be the Default
- 17:33Leverage Postman's Public Workspaces
- 18:45Maximize Visibility Publish on both
- 21:31Closing Words Start small an iterate with you community's feedback Onboarding is key Cover multiple paths
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