API Management: An Architect's Guide to Developing and Managing APIs for Your Organization

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B. DeAPI Managementhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0054-2_2

2. API Management

Brajesh De¹  

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Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

Customers today want access to enterprise data and services through a variety of digital devices and channels. To meet customer expectations, enterprises need to open their assets in an agile, flexible, secure, and scalable manner. APIs form the window into an enterprise’s data and services. They allow applications to easily communicate with each other using a lightweight protocol like HTTP. Developers use APIs to write applications that interact with the back-end system. Once an API has been created, it must be managed using an API ...