Write for Us APIs: APIs Blog Guest Post Guidelines

API content is mostly explainers that stop before anything useful. What this blog wants is a real API story: designing one people could use, integrating a messy third party, or handling versioning and rate limits without breaking everyone.

My readers build products that depend on APIs. They want the design decision and what it cost, so an API post has to teach from a shipped integration, not a concept.

60-second APIs guest post check

A strong submission can answer yes to all five points:

• Have you built or integrated the API you describe
• Do you have a design decision or a result to share
• Does your opening answer the reader's question straight away
• Have you removed any pitch for a platform or gateway
• Could a developer learn from your approach this week

Read the guidelines and submit your guest post.

What we publish

• An API you designed and what you would change now
• Integrating a difficult third-party API and what broke
• Versioning an API without breaking existing users
• Rate limiting and error handling that held up in production
• Documentation that made an API usable in practice
• Authentication done right and the mistake you made first
• A webhook system and how you made it reliable
• Deprecating an endpoint and how you moved users off it

If your post could be published on any APIs site with the logo swapped, it is not for us.

What we don't accept

• Definition posts explaining what an API is
• Posts that promote one platform or gateway
• Tutorials copied from vendor docs
• Previously published posts republished from another site
• Thin content under 800 words with no shipped work

What you get

• Your article in front of an engaged audience of business owners, marketers and founders
• One relevant, contextual link back to your own site
• A byline and the credibility of an established, high-traffic blog
• Editorial help to make the piece as strong as it can be before it goes live

How to submit

Send your pitch or draft through the contact form. Include the topic, the one specific problem the post solves, and a line on your first-hand experience with it. One idea per pitch works best. You will hear back on whether it is a fit before you write the full draft.

What a strong APIs pitch looks like

A weak pitch says "I want to write about what APIs are and why they matter." A strong one says "We shipped a webhook system that kept dropping events under load, and I want to show how we added retries and idempotency and cut lost events from one in twenty to near zero." One is a brochure. The other is worth reading.

The angles that get accepted fastest

• An API design and what you would change
• A hard integration and what broke
• Versioning without breaking users
• An approach a developer could copy this week
• A contrarian view on an API convention

Looking for more places to pitch? The free write for us finder lists sites that take guest posts in your niche, and the free backlink checker shows what a placement is worth.

Frequently asked questions

Does Lilach Bullock accept APIs guest posts?

Yes. APIs guest posts are welcome from a developer or product persons and similar writers who have done the work and can share what happened. We publish practical articles with real examples and decline definition posts on what an API is.

What APIs topics do you accept?

We accept API design decisions, hard third-party integrations, versioning, rate limiting and error handling, documentation, authentication, and reliable webhooks. The common thread is a specific lesson with a result attached, not a general overview of APIs.

Can I include a link back to my own site?

One contextual link back to your own site is fine when it is relevant and helps the reader. Posts written purely to build a backlink with no real value are not published.

Do you accept previously published content?

No. Every submission must be original and not published anywhere else first, including your own blog, Medium, LinkedIn, or a guest slot on another site under a different name. Republished or lightly reworded content gets declined, and we check before it goes live.

How do I submit an APIs guest post?

Send your pitch through the contact form with the topic, the specific result or lesson you will cover, and a line on your own experience doing the work you are writing about. One idea per pitch works best, and you will hear back before writing a full draft.

Do you accept sponsored or commercial partnerships?

Commercial and partnership enquiries are handled separately from editorial guest posts. If you are a brand or agency wanting to work together rather than pitch an article, say so in the contact form and you will get the right details back.

How long should an APIs guest post be?

There is no fixed word count, but posts that do well here usually run from 1,000 to 1,800 words. Long enough to show the example and the numbers, short enough that a busy owner finishes it. Cut anything that repeats what the reader already knows.

What makes an APIs pitch stand out?

A real result in the first sentence. Say what you did, what changed and over what period, then say what the reader will be able to copy. For example: We shipped a webhook system that kept dropping events under load, and I want to show how we added retries and idempotency and cut lost events from one in twenty to near zero.

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