What are your challenges when building integrations?
I am looking into building a tool that will simplify API based integration building.
I built integrations in the past, and for me, personally, the biggest pain points were:
- the OAUTH2 flow that is accessible only from a browser
- the token management can become a pain, especially when you have to deal with the refresh tokens
- you have to move a lot data around between separate services to be able to access the underlying APIs, which makes background processing for these APIs more difficult that they should be
- each API has it's own specification and structure, especially around permissions
- I never bothered with building the whole permission upgrade/downgrade flows because I find it too complicated.
What else?
I always find your insights helpful! The way EchoAPI manages documentation has transformed my approach, ensuring that everything stays in sync and accessible to everyone involved.
error handling and retry mechanism