API Design Principles for Digital Public Services

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This 30-minute introductory course presents API design principles for technical professionals with little or no prior experience. It explains what APIs are, why they matter for digital public services, and how they enable interoperability. Learners explore core design principles, standards, security fundamentals, lifecycle management, and conformance testing, aligned with EU recommendations. The course provides a holistic view of APIs and their role in enabling efficient collaboration across government services. Quizzes throughout the course help assess understanding and reinforce key concepts.

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Target audiences include (but are not limited to):

• IT architects,

• Business analysts,

• IT Project Managers,

• Systems Integrators,

• Technical Analysts,

• Policy Officers,

• Students in relevant ICT fields

Għanijiet tat-tagħlim

By completing this course, learners will be able to:

1. Explain what APIs are and their role in enabling interoperability in digital public services.

2. Identify core API design principles and recognise how they align with EU interoperability frameworks.

3. Describe foundational concepts of API security and GDPR compliance, and how they contribute to trust.

4. Describe the key stages of API lifecycle management, including the role of governance in ensuring consistent and accountable API management.

5. Recognise the purpose of conformance testing and how it supports interoperability.

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This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.