This is a process of creation, managing, securing, analyzing and scaling.
- expose the APIs for the Mobile App, SPA, IoT and devices.
- Track and analyse the consumption of APIs
- Exposing the APIs to other Vendor systems.
API Management Pattern
- API Gateway Pattern
- API Microgateway Pattern
- Service Mesh sidecar as API Gateway
API Consumption Pattern
- Direct Frontend-to-Microservices Communication Pattern
- Consuming Services through API Gateway Pattern
- Backend for Frontend Pattern
API Gateway Pattern
Api gateway is a interface for the frontend applications access the APIs. The consumers like Mobile APP, Web portal and IoT devices access the APIs through the API gateway. It has various aspects inbuild like security, Authorization, Versioning, caching and to some extend scalibility.
API Gateway has two flows,
- Developer Portal
- API Management Interface
Developers Portal :
Its a interface for the Application Developer to come and verify the APIs. They can subscribe to the APIs and get the subscription key to consume the APIs from the Frontend.
API Management Interface :
Its a main interface to configure and mange the APIs.
Note : Part 2 — API Microgateway Pattern & Service Mesh sidecar as API Gateway
