Lets take a look at some of the benefits you can derived from utilising API for your business
- Leverage Government Assets
- Expansion
- Automation
- Partnerships
- Apps
- Integration
- Mashups
- Personalization
- Future-Ready
Leverage Government Assets
The American people pay for the data and information produced by the federal government. However, with API, you can make previously hidden data more accessible to all.
Expansion
APIs can be used to distribute services and information to new audiences and contexts by allowing anyone to create a new presentation layer (app, website, or widget). Non-website visitors can get agency information or services from apps or other websites they frequent.
Automation
APIs enable machines to handle tasks that would otherwise require human intervention. One content update can propagate to multiple sections of a site (or multiple websites). APIs allow your team and your agency to update workflows to reduce steps and increase productivity.
Partnerships
Like-minded non-profits and businesses interested in using agency information and services to provide services support each agency’s mission. They do this by consuming agency content, repurposing it into new products, and distributing it to their customers and clients. Anyone with a good idea can create the next killer app for your communities.
Apps
Providing API access to data or services enables their use in mobile apps. Whether the goal is to support agency-created apps or third-party apps, the first step is to enable API access to the components that make up a mobile app. The API is a shortcut to the second, third, and fourth apps.
Integration
APIs make it easier to embed or interweave your content into other sites or applications. So you can ensure a seamless user experience with relevant and up-to-date information. The information is delivered to them wherever they need it, not just where your team has time to update it.
Mashups
Mashups help the public understand your data in relation to other sources. It can be a small but vital part of another service. Consider all the uses of location data—from checking in with a service to finding a nearby gas station. The application’s function is enabled by location data.
Personalization
Users of your website, businesses, and non-profits benefit from the ability to customize sessions with the most relevant information and services.
Future-Ready
APIs help support unanticipated future uses. Providing data via API can facilitate data migration and improve data quality review and cleanup. Using an API to access a backend system to power a new product is one example.