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Layered API design in Azure API Management

Layered API design in Azure API Management

Dec 20, 2021 | API Management

Designing and composing APIs is a very subjective matter and there are many ways to success (and even more to failure).  One approach I’ve always liked is the way MuleSoft describes it.  They define three layers of APIs: Experience APIs: purpose-built APIs for...
Emit custom metrics from Azure API Management

Emit custom metrics from Azure API Management

Dec 16, 2021 | API Management

In the July release of Azure API Management, they’ve added the feature to emit custom metrics to Application Insights.  If you follow my blog, you know that I pay a lot of attention to monitoring, so this is a feature that I definitely wanted to check.  I can...
Optimizing API traceability in Azure API Management

Optimizing API traceability in Azure API Management

Jan 22, 2021 | API Management

Once your API is running in production, you realize the necessity of having end-to-end traceability of every single API call.  So, it’s better to think about it upfront.  This blog shows you an easy way to achieve this. Configure Application Insights Let’s...
Enforce basic authentication in Azure API Management

Enforce basic authentication in Azure API Management

Oct 22, 2020 | API Management

When connecting with legacy systems, Basic Authentication is often the only supported security scheme that is available.  Azure API Management has an out-of-the-box policy that implements Basic Authentication between API Management and the backend API (backdoor). ...
Azure API Management integration with Dapr

Azure API Management integration with Dapr

Sep 22, 2020 | API Management, Dapr

I had the privilege to participate in a private preview for Azure API Management integration with Dapr.  This functionality is now in public preview for Azure API Management’s self-hosted gateway.  You can hear about my experiences in this video: All technical...