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API Management

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

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  • © 2023
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Authors:
  1. Brajesh De

    1. Bangalore, India

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  • Explains building APIs as a Product and an API Ecosystem with a governance model
  • Covers best practices and design principles for design, build, deploy and manage APIs at an enterprise scale
  • Provides an overview of delivering APIs through an agile delivery model.

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About this book

APIs are the enablers for a thriving ecosystem that can drive revenue growth and ROIs for any organization. This book will cover all relevant topics and trends that enterprise architects need to know to build and govern APIs as a product.

The second edition of the API Management builds on the foundation established in the first edition to cover recent advances in API development as well as the principles and best practices of building API as a product. It has been updated to cover the latest and emerging trends in API architecture, design, and implementation  covering the use of gRPC, graphQL, microservices and service mesh  to building and manage a scalable API platform. New chapters cover how to build an effective API strategy for digital transformation and implement an API-First architecture to build and deliver APIs as a Product. 

Any software architect or developer looking to adopt and build APIs for digital transformation and excellence within their organization will find this book to be an invaluable resource.

What You Will Learn

  • Understand API Management Architecture and Design best practices
  • How to build an effective API strategy and build APIs as product
  • How to design, build and test APIs using API-First approach
  • How to implement API Security
  • What are the latest API technology trends and adoption across industry

 

Who This Book Is For

CxOs, software architects, and developers who are looking to implement APIs within their organization for digital transformation initiatives. 


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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction to APIs

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 1-26

  3. API Management

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 27-47

  4. Designing a RESTful API Interface

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 49-91

  5. API Documentation

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 93-125

  6. API Patterns

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 127-169

  7. API Version Management

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 171-179

  8. API Security

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 181-238

  9. API Monetization

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 239-257

  10. API Testing Strategy

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 259-277

  11. API Analytics

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 279-286

  12. API Developer Portal

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 287-300

  13. API Governance

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 301-331

  14. Building an Effective API Strategy

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 333-348

  15. The API-First Approach for Digital Transformation

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 349-364

  16. Build APIs as a Product

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 365-383

  17. API Architecture Trends in 2023

    • Brajesh De
    Pages 385-411

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 413-426
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Bangalore, India

    Brajesh De

About the author

Brajesh is Sr. Director with Blue Altair, leading their API Management and Integration practice. He has more than 25 years of industry experience specializing in API Management and Cloud Integration space. He has led many large-scale Digital Transformation projects helping enterprises across industries in laying out API First strategy and executed some of them on multi-cloud platforms. His innovations are patented and granted across four countries in areas like API Assessment and data veracity. He is a Google-certified Cloud Security architect and MIT-certified Application Security Architect. Before Blue Altair he worked with Accenture, Apigee, and Wipro as a Global API capability lead, Principal Architect, and Lead integration architect.

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