
Observations on RIPE Atlas API "Anti-Patterns"
I am the leader of the Research and Development team at the RIPE NCC leading a dedicated team of thinkers to support the RIPE community by providing network research, data analysis and prototype tool development and services including RIPE Atlas and RIPEstat.
The RIPE Atlas APIs receive millions of requests each day - which is in general good news! However, we also see some strange or sub-optimal client behaviour. Read on for a description of some of these cases and our suggestions on how improve the use the APIs.