Nordic APIs

Established in 2013, Nordic APIs was created to support organizations in becoming more innovative, streamlined, and effective. Over the years, it has evolved into one of the few dedicated event series focused solely on APIs globally, becoming the largest international community for API professionals and enthusiasts in the Nordics. Our popular blog and newsletter connect us with tens of thousands of API experts worldwide. Through our global API events, we empower companies to make informed technology choices with APIs and motivate the development of improved API solutions.

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What Is Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

5 days ago | nordicapis.com | J Simpson

Model Context Protocol (MCP) has taken off exponentially since Anthropic released the protocol in November 2024. Since then, the ecosystem has grown to include thousands of servers that extend functionality for AI. But what is MCP, exactly, and how has it gotten so popular so quickly? To answer this question, we’ve compiled a high-level guide to (almost) everything you need to know about MCP. What Is MCP?
How to Turn Any API Into an MCP Server

1 week ago | nordicapis.com | J Simpson

Model Context Protocol (MCP) has generated a lot of buzz since Anthropic first released it in November 2024. Intended as a way to extend the functionality of AI tools like large language models (LLMs), MCP is an open-source protocol that allows AI agents to connect with external resources and data. If AI were a smartphone, MCP servers would be the apps. MCP can be broken down into two main components: the host application and an MCP server.
Using OpenAI Tools to Build Agentic AI

2 weeks ago | nordicapis.com | J Simpson

OpenAI recently released a suite of tools designed to help developers and enterprises build and deploy their own agentic AI. For those new to agentic AI, it’s when AI can act on its own with very little human interaction or guidance. OpenAI’s release is a significant boost for advanced AI applications, as complex reasoning, multimodal interactions, and multi-step tasks are some of the most challenging AI activities to implement, even for advanced AI developers and machine learning experts.
Event Destinations: A Better Way to Deliver Webhooks

2 weeks ago | nordicapis.com | Bill Doerrfeld

In synchronous API development, the dominant style is REST, in which a client requests a resource from a server and gets a response. However, software architectures are becoming increasingly event-driven, relying on external events to push changes to the client asynchronously.
A Complete Guide to Access Tokens

3 weeks ago | nordicapis.com | J Simpson

Access tokens are crucial tools for enabling secure access in decentralized systems. Having all of our digital tools and resources spread across the globe creates all manner of complexities, ranging from data governance to proof-of-identity, all of which become more confusing when not constrained to a time or place. Access tokens can also solve the sometimes contradictory needs for enhanced security in an increasingly API-driven world.
How to Automate Your API Governance

3 weeks ago | nordicapis.com | J Simpson

The number of APIs created each year has absolutely exploded, partially due to AI and partially due to our decentralized and data-driven culture. API Evangelist Kin Lane estimates that large enterprises can have as many as 25,592, with two or more APIs for each employee. API governance is becoming increasingly mandatory, or you run the risk of your API ecosystem spiraling out of control. API governance isn’t just about limiting the number of APIs in circulation, either.
10+ Signs You Might Need API Governance

1 month ago | nordicapis.com | Bill Doerrfeld

API governance means different things to different folks. But for all intents and purposes, API governance is the intentional oversight of API design, style, development, lifecycle, and security to ensure all interfaces and their behaviors are compliant with company-wide standards and industry best practices. Governance isn’t sector-specific. Rather, the need for API governance is more closely correlated with the organization’s size, technology portfolio, and development culture.
10 API Observability Tools Worth Checking Out

1 month ago | nordicapis.com | J Simpson

APIs are only as useful as they are transparent. Simply setting an API loose with no oversight is a recipe for disaster. Bad actors could be using your APIs to leak massive amounts of sensitive data or install backdoors to allow more breaches in the future. Even without the extremes, operating your API without oversight can result in inefficiency and poor performance. API observability helps you avoid poor outcomes, letting you know how your API is doing at any given time.
The Top Trends Shaping APIs in 2025

1 month ago | nordicapis.com | J Simpson

APIs always move quickly. API design trends can be virtually unrecognizable from year to year, even when responding to ongoing issues facing the API industry. Even by tech standards, API trends are evolving at a particularly frenetic pace, as the digital landscape pivots at lightning speed while adapting to revolutionary new technologies. To get a sense of how the API industry is evolving, we asked numerous thought leaders working in the API space for their thoughts on current API trends.
'Cloud Native Data Security with OAuth' Breaks Down Zero-Trust API Design

1 month ago | nordicapis.com | J Simpson

APIs are a double-edged sword in terms of cybersecurity. On one hand, APIs can strengthen cybersecurity by improving monitoring or detecting suspicious behavior, for example. At the same time, APIs are well-known as the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain, occasionally enabling data breaches, offering more surface area for cybercriminals to attack, and providing access to unauthorized data and services if an API isn’t designed properly.