Written by API Evangelist Kin Lane, this white paper is written for developers who want to fast-track the adoption of their APIs. The paper walks through the most common of these building blocks used by 1500 of the most successful APIs that are transforming every industry today. While not all of the building blocks are applicable to every API, Kin Lane reviews the most important factors that should be considered when planning a new API or deploying the next version of an existing API. The goal of the whitepaper is not to provide the details of implementing each of the building blocks, but to highlight the full spectrum of building blocks used by the successful APIs on the Internet today.