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Exploring challenges of offering an API, protecting data while ensuring usability, legal implications discussed. Strategies for database protection, API usage limits, and generating podcast metrics. Insights on navigating premium dictionary access and potential business sale options.
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- Protect API data from abuse by encoding IDs, implementing rate limits, and tiered access restrictions.
- Monetize premium data features to protect valuable data integrity and prevent misuse by setting clear terms and paywalls.
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Protecting Valuable Data in API Business
The podcast episode highlights the challenges of protecting valuable data in an API-based business. The speaker emphasizes the risks associated with API data accessibility, where the easier it is for users to access data, the higher the risk of abuse. The main threat discussed is scraping, where individuals can take a significant amount of data, posing a danger to a business. To mitigate this risk, the speaker explains strategies such as encoding IDs in the API, implementing rate limits, and restricting access to certain data for different plan tiers.
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