Azure API Management

Azure API Management (APIM) helps organizations unlock the potential of their data and services by publishing APIs to external partners and internal developers.

APIM is made up of the following components:

• API Gateway
• Azure Portal
• Developer Portal

The API gateway is the endpoint that:

• Accepts API calls and routes them to the backend.
• Verifies API keys, JWT tokens, certificates, and other credentials.
• Enforces usage quotas and rate limits.
• Transforms your API on the fly without code modifications.
• Caches backend responses where set up.
• Logs call metadata for analytics purposes.

The Azure portal is the administrative interface where you set up your API program. You can also use it to:

• Define or import API schema.
• Package APIs into products.
• Set up policies such as quotas or transformations on the APIs.
• Get insights from analytics.
• Manage users.

The Developer portal serves as the main web presence for developers. From here they can:

• Read API documentation.
• Try out an API via the interactive console.
• Create an account and subscribe to get API keys.
• Access analytics on their own usage.