2018 Postman State of the API Report
Postman surveyed its community of API developers earlier in 2018 to better understand developers' workflow, pain points, and where the API space is headed. The study was distributed to the entire Postman community, which currently numbers nearly 5 million users of Postman.
Who took the survey?
The survey respondents reflect the Postman community, which is a pretty technical bunch, and a pretty API-focused bunch. The vast majority are technical - developers, engineers, and technical management, and most of them spend 10+ hours a week with APIs. These are API power users, by any measure.
Who took the survey?
2018: Hours spent with APIs
70%of developers spend less than 20 hours/week with APIs
Public vs. Private
Our community uses all three types of APIs - Public, Private, and Internal.More than halfof all the APIs used are internal, private entities.
API Reliability
Developers are evenly split: about half think APIs don't break often enough to matter, the rest think APIs break regularly or too frequently
50%of developers are not bothered by APIs breaking
API Security
Developers in 2018even more confidentin API security.
API Documentation
Developers in 2018even more confidentin API documentation.
Exciting Technology
Postman developers are most interested in working withmicroservice, containers, and serverless architecturetechnologies.
Sources of Learning
Most of the developers in our community have learned a majority of their API knowledge from their work on-the-job or from other colleagues.
How do you pronounce "API"?
Developers
82%of developers say "AAY-PEE-EYE."
Friends & Family
63%of our family/friends have no idea.
Star Trek vs. Star Wars
The community has spoken and the dominating sci-fi universe is with Star Wars. May the force be with you!
76%of respondents are more Star Wars fans than Star Trek.
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