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The Core Components of an API Management Platform
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The Core Components of an API Management Platform

The Core Components of an API Management Platform

A comprehensive API management platform, like Nexqloud API Gateway, provides a unified suite of tools to address the key challenges of operating APIs at scale:

  1. API Gateway: The runtime engine and single entry point for all API traffic. It is the critical component that enforces policies, routes requests, and protects backend services.‍
  2. Developer Portal: A self-service website where internal and external developers can discover, explore, test, and register to use your APIs. It provides interactive documentation, code samples, and API keys.‍
  3. Lifecycle Management: Tools to design, version, publish, and retire APIs in a controlled manner, ensuring stability and backward compatibility.‍
  4. Analytics and Monitoring: Deep visibility into API usage, performance metrics (latency, errors), and business-level analytics to understand who is using your APIs and how.‍
  5. Policy and Security Enforcement: A centralized point to apply security policies (authentication, rate limiting, threat detection) and operational rules (caching, transformation) consistently across all APIs.