Domain 4 of 6 · Chapter 5 of 6

API Management

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Included in this chapter:

  • What an API is, and why it creates new business
  • API management and Apigee
  • Exam-pattern recognition
Cheat sheet

Cheat sheet

  • An API is software that lets two applications talk to each other
  • An API is the interface, not the data or compute behind it
  • Exposing data and services as APIs opens new business channels
  • API monetization charges developers directly for using your API
  • Apigee is Google Cloud's API management platform
  • API management runs APIs across their whole life cycle
  • Apigee secures APIs and controls their traffic with rate limits and quotas
  • Apigee gives analytics and a developer portal to run an API program
  • Apigee fronts a backend with an API proxy, leaving the service unchanged
  • API management is not where the application runs

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References

  1. What Is API Management?
  2. New Business Channels Using APIs
  3. Apigee API Management
  4. Overview of Apigee monetization