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Controlling API Sprawl with Universal API Management

This chapter will demonstrate how to use API Manager to manage the life cycles of both MuleSoft and non-MuleSoft APIs. This chapter will address the causes of API sprawl and provide an overview of using universal API management to control API sprawl.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • API sprawl
  • Universal API management
  • API gateways
  • Governing and securing APIs
  • Enabling API policies on APIs
  • Managing API alerts and analytics
  • API governance and security

API sprawl

API sprawl is the concept that is used to characterize the unchecked growth of APIs inside an enterprise. When teams or departments within an organization develop their own APIs to suit their purposes without ...

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