REST vs. GraphQL vs. gRPC - Choosing the Right Protocol
One size does not fit all. We compare the three titans of API protocols to help you decide which one fits your next project's needs.
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Explore Key Topics
Dive into the essential pillars of modern API management and AI integration.
AI Gateways
Control your LLM traffic with rate limiting, caching, and cost monitoring. The new frontier of API management.
API Security
Protect your data with OWASP Top 10 best practices. Secure authentication, authorization, and threat protection.
Protocols & Architecture
REST vs GraphQL vs gRPC. Choose the right tool for the job and design scalable systems.
API Lifecycle
From design to deprecation. Master the full lifecycle of your APIs for better governance and developer experience.
Foundations
What is an API?
The Building Blocks of Modern Software
An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of rules that allows different software entities to communicate. It's the waiter taking your order to the kitchen—you don't need to know how the stove works, just what you want to eat.Universal Connector
APIs are the neural links of the digital world, enabling software to talk to software.
Abstraction Layer
They hide complexity, allowing developers to build on top of existing powerful services.
What is Lifecycle of an API?
The API lifecycle is the series of steps that teams must take in order to successfully design, develop, deploy, and consume APIs. Teams that follow a clearly defined API lifecycle are more productive and better equipped to deliver a high-quality APIAPI Producer Lifecycle
These are the various stages that a developer has to go through to complete a fully compliant API
API Consumer Lifecycle
These are the stages a consumer of API will go through to start using an API in their application
Optimized Productivity
Ensure your developers do not spend time on operational tasks and make sure its fully automated
How to manage APIs?
API management is the process of developing, designing, monitoring, testing, securing, and analyzing APIs for organizations. API management platforms provide a robust set of software and processes with this functionality, hosted on premises, in the cloud, or a hybrid environmentSecure your enterprise
Provides a highly secured infrastructure and policies to expose the enterprise data to internet
Centralized Governance
Managed and governed in a centralized way to enable consistency across the APIs
Visibility into APIs
Provides quick insights and visibility into performance and discoverability of APIs
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API Security Essentials - The OWASP Top 10
APIs are the front door to your data. Make sure you lock it. A breakdown of the most critical API security risks and how to mitigate them using the OWASP Top 10 framework.
How to do orchestration in Kong
One of the much awaited feature in Kong which was released in 3.10 is the Request Callout, which will help the Kong API management platform to perform orchestration/aggregation of API calls instead of teams exploring custom plugins
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