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How to Define and Design Cloud APIs, Step By Step
InfoWorld June 12, 2012
June 12, 2012,
Volume 172, Issue 2

"As enterprises stand up public and private cloud services, they often miss the basics around designing APIs ...

Most cloud computing services are not consumed using visual interfaces; instead, they're consumed through nonvisual interfaces, or APIs. These APIs are typically RESTful services that provide access to fine- or coarse-grained features of the cloud -- for example, infrastructure services such as storage or provisioning, or business services such as updating a purchase order.

Let's say you're building a cloud computing system for an enterprise, and you need to define, design, and implement the services. What are the steps? ..."

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