API proxy basic concepts

Oh if you're new to Apogee you probably have an API that apps call directly but one of the first and most fundamental concepts you'll encounter in Apogee is the API proxy the proxy is a facade that you put in front of your API so instead of calling the API directly apps call the proxy and the proxy calls the API and likewise for the api's response to the app notice that all traffic between apps and your API flows through the API proxy having the API proxy in this key position gives your API access to pre coded solutions that address the most common and complex interactions with your API there are over 30 out-of-the-box configurable policies that you can attach to various points in this flow policies enable you to do things like secure your API prevent denial of service attacks and transform message content there are even policies that enable you to extend existing policies using languages like Python JavaScript and Java in addition Apogee analytic services is constantly gathering metrics across the entire proxy flow such as the number of messages received response times errors and many others to learn more about Apogee and API proxies please see the links provided

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Published: Tue May 14 2019