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ShipEngine API Documentation Redesign

Introducing ShipEngine’s Redesigned Documentation

We have an exciting update for developers using ShipEngine: Visit our documentation and you’ll find a new look and layout designed to improve developer experience. This month, we moved our…

Businesses That Benefit from Address Validation APIs: 6 Use Cases

No one gets into business to waste time and money. But, that’s exactly what happens when you send a package that gets returned. The most frustrating part? When the package…

Build vs. Buy a USPS Shipping Integration (and Other Carrier Integrations)

So, you’re building an e-commerce store or platform, and you’re dreaming of traffic, transactions and a revenue line trending upward. But first you need to make some decisions, including what…

Using Node.js to Make HTTP Requests

APIs are often the undercurrent that powers successful business processes. By integrating with the right vendors providing the right services, your business can free up time and resources that can…

The Anatomy of an HTTP Request

An API, or Application Programming Interface, is what allows one software application (such as your own) to interact with another (such as ShipEngine). APIs can be an important part of…

What Makes for an Awesome SDK?

This post is a transcript from Mehdi Raza’s lightning talk atThe Austin Homegrown API Meetup in October 2019. So, I’m going to talk about what makes an awesome SDK. So…
Mandy Hubbard, Software Engineer gives presentation on Jenkins and Kubernetes at Dev Ops Austin 2019

Jenkins and Kubernetes: Secret Agents in the Cloud

This post is a transcript from ShipEngine Software Engineer, Mandy Hubbard’s, presentation at the DevOpsDays Austin in May 2019 Good morning—I think it’s still morning. I am Mandy Hubbard. I…
Adam Altman of Redocly gives a presentation on when to write your API documentation

When to Write Your API Documentation

This post is a transcript from Adam’s keynote presentation atThe Austin Homegrown API Meetup in September 2019. Hey everybody. I’m Adam. I have been coming to the Austin API meetup…
James Messinger giving presentation at the Austin Homegrown API Meetup from May 2019

API Documentation: From 406 Not Acceptable to 200 OK

This post is a transcript from James Messinger’s lightning talk atThe Austin Homegrown API Meetup in May 2019. Hi everybody! Can everyone hear me okay? All right. We’re going to…
John Banning of Bazaarvoice giving a presentation on Democratizing APIs

Democratizing the Bazaarvoice API

This post is a transcript from John Banning’s presentation atThe Austin Homegrown API Meetup in September 2019. My name is John Banning, I’m going to talk about myself in a…

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