api Archives - The Iron.io Blog https://blog.iron.io/tag/api/ Scalable serverless application tools to run background tasks with Docker containers and manage messaging queues with cloud elasticity and handheld customer support. Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:14:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.iron.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-iron-avatar-1-32x32.png api Archives - The Iron.io Blog https://blog.iron.io/tag/api/ 32 32 What Is a Messaging Queue and how can you utilise it? https://blog.iron.io/what-is-a-messaging-queue-and-how-can-you-utilise-it/ https://blog.iron.io/what-is-a-messaging-queue-and-how-can-you-utilise-it/#respond Mon, 31 May 2021 07:27:00 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=8362 A message queue plays an important role in distributed systems and containerized applications. With a message queue, you can set up asynchronous messaging between services, improving the function and efficiency of your microservices and serverless environments. The high-performance message queuing service provided by Iron can't be beat. Start your 14-day free trialand continue reading to…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/cheapest-messaging-queues/feed/ 0 Comparison of REST vs. SOAP API https://blog.iron.io/comparison-of-rest-vs-soap-api/ https://blog.iron.io/comparison-of-rest-vs-soap-api/#respond Sat, 03 Oct 2020 21:46:33 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=7648 TLDR: Unlike REST (REpresentational State Transfer), SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a messaging service. REST operations are data-driven, whereas SOAP is a function driven architecture. SOAP solely uses the XML schema data format. On the other hand REST is permitted to use HTML, XML, JSON, and more. As far as bandwidth, REST APIs are going to need…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/comparison-of-rest-vs-soap-api/feed/ 0 Iron at APIdays, see you there? https://blog.iron.io/api-driven-at-apidays/ https://blog.iron.io/api-driven-at-apidays/#respond Thu, 26 Jul 2018 20:17:24 +0000 https://blog.iron.io/?p=6877 First off, we’re giving away a few free tickets to the SF APIdays conference on July 31st.  Comment about your favorite API on this post for a chance to win a free ticket! With the freebie out of the way, we’re huge fans of APIdays (and API’s in general) and love to reference this landscape…

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]]> https://blog.iron.io/api-driven-at-apidays/feed/ 0 Hubble Gets Lean With Microservices and Iron.io https://blog.iron.io/hubble-gets-lean-with-microservices-and/ https://blog.iron.io/hubble-gets-lean-with-microservices-and/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:10:13 +0000 http://ironio.wpengine.com/blog/?p=945 As microservices continues to spread through the industry as a dominant pattern for building modern cloud applications, marquee examples from large-scale companies such as Netflix and Twitter may appear daunting to companies still on a growth path. When powering through agile cycles to release new features at a rapid pace, the last thing on your…

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