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API Gateway: Patterns and Implementation Guide
Design and implement API gateways. Rate limiting, authentication, and API management strategies.
Seena Singh 12 min readFebruary 17, 2025
API Gateway Role
API gateways provide a single entry point for API consumers.
Key Functions
Security
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Rate limiting
Traffic Management
- Load balancing
- Request routing
- Protocol translation
Observability
- Logging
- Metrics
- Tracing
Popular Options
- Kong
- AWS API Gateway
- Azure API Management
- Nginx
Patterns
BFF (Backend for Frontend)
- Client-specific APIs
- Aggregation
Aggregator
- Combine multiple services
- Reduce round trips
Conclusion
API gateways are essential for managing APIs at scale.
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