In general, we provide deprecation notice 12 months in advance unless otherwise specified. There are 2 key dates to take note:
End of Support (6months from deprecation notice): API will stop receiving patches and bug fixes to deprecated version. Support for API will be limited
Yes, you need to be an existing Equinix Customer to use our APIs. If you have any issues getting started with APIs, you can reach us by creating a support case.
No. Currently there are no limits, however, we track traffic associated with an individual API Key.
Yes. All Equinix API catalogs are Swagger 2.0 compliant.
To provide the clarity to the users of our developer platform and APIs with the contractual details, we are requesting all our platform users to read and accept the agreement before they can leverage the services offered. This is also done as part of the legal compliance.
Our customers use Equinix APIs to automate internal business workflows around ordering & ticketing, user administration, asset monitoring and to stream real-time power information. You can find the entire catalog of Equinix APIs at https://developer.equinix.com/catalog