API Design and Fundamentals of Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform

Google Cloud introduces Apigee through API-first design and OpenAPI specifications before studying proxies and API products. The course connects the design of an interface with how an API platform manages it. This is useful for comparing API-management responsibilities with the application code that implements the underlying service.

What you will learn

• Explain REST API design fundamentals.
• Relate OpenAPI specifications to an API-first workflow.
• Describe Apigee proxies, products and lifecycle management.

Who this suits

Beginner-level learners; detailed prerequisites are not specified in the published course facts. Preview the expected cloud and application knowledge.

Before you enroll

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Put it into practice

Sketch an API for a fictional service. Separate the interface contract, proxy responsibilities and application behavior before deciding which belongs in each layer.

Source and review

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