1、2022 State of the API ReportAugust 2022Postman 2022 State of the API ReportKey Findings 3Global Growth of APIs 7Who Works with APIs 12A Day,Week,or Year in the Life 16API-First and Other Strategies 20API Leadership and Governance 27Executing on APIs 29Tooling for APIs and Development 38API Technolog

2、ies 43APIs and the Future of Work 47Methodology 53Table of ContentsKey Findings4Postman 2022 State of the API ReportKey FindingsIntroduction For the fourth year in a row,the State of the API is the largest and most comprehensive survey and report on APIsand this years was the biggest ever.More than

3、37,000 developers and API professionals shared their thoughts on topics including their organizations development priorities,the tools they use,and where they see the industry going.This year,weve again combined the survey findings with data weve observed on the Postman API Platform to build a robus

4、t picture of the current stateand the futureof APIs.Weve also expanded the scope of our survey to include developer and API professionals thoughts on the economy,employment,and remote work.As a post-pandemic era dawns,these questions have taken on new urgency in the tech sector and beyond.5Postman 2

5、022 State of the API ReportKey FindingsDevelopers are spending most of their time on APIsSome 51%of respondents say that more than half of their organizations development effort is spent on APIs.Thats up from 40%in 2020 and 49%last year,underscoring APIs role as the building blocks of modern softwar

6、e.API-first leaders outperformWhile only 8%of respondents identified as API-first leaders,this small,elite group excelled on almost every metric.They produce APIs faster and have fewer failures.And they have brighter outlooks on employment and spending.When asked to evaluate API-first companies,more