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Trust Factors and Third-Party Web APIs: A survey on what factors influences developers’ trust in third-party web APIs
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM).
2021 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Förtroendefaktorer och Webb-APIer från tredje part : En undersökning på vilka faktorer som påverkar utvecklares förtroende för webb-APIer från tredje part (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Third-party web APIs are becoming ever more popular as the API economy continues to grow. Software developers often integrate them into their own applications. The issue is that even if a developer thoroughly tests that their application works properly with the third-party web API, the owner of that API can completely change the code at any time, or take the API offline altogether, either temporarily or permanently. This makes for potentially less stable or reliable applications. This report attempts to determine what some of the factors are that most influence software developers’ trust in any given third party Web API. To do this, 42 individuals involved with software development were surveyed. Documentation and reliability came through as the strongest factors influencing their trust, but there is no general consensus on other factors. Further work could be done to confirm that these two factors are what influence developer trust the most, as well as work to determine which factor sought to influence developers’ trust in any given third-party web API, and thus work towards more reliable applications being developed as the API economy continues to grow.

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2021. , p. 34
Keywords [en]
web APIs, third-party web APIs, trustworthiness, trust factors, API economy
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Computer Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-106223OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-106223DiVA, id: diva2:1586877
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Computer Science
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Software Technology Programme, 180 credits
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Available from: 2021-08-23 Created: 2021-08-23 Last updated: 2021-08-23Bibliographically approved

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