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Creating Your First Custom Lua Plugin for Kong Gateway

This tutorial shows you how easy it is to build a custom Lua plugin for Kong Gateway. My Kong Lua plugin example will automatically add a custom header to any response sent out, indicating the current plugin version. Kong Gateway is built on OpenResty, which extends the NGINX proxy server to run Lua scripts. It sits as a proxy between a client’s requests and routes them to defined services.

Ep #4: Mike Amundsen on Building, Maintaining & Growing APIs

Mike Amundsen is a prolific writer on all things APIs. His latest book is entitled Design and Build Great Web APIs: Robust, Reliable, and Resilient. When he’s not writing, Mike helps companies capitalize on opportunities in APIs, Microservices, and Digital Transformation. Mike shares his perspectives on why organizations think about APIs in three levels, how AWS’s Werner Vogel does deprecation, what the future holds for API automation tools.

Ep #7: AmEx/LoungeBuddy ex-VP Eng Jessica Lam Builds Resilient Products

Jesscia Lam was the Chief Architect and VP Engineering at LoungeBuddy, which was acquired by American Express. At LoungeBuddy she designed their APIs, many of which continue to be in use today. As a CTO, architect and engineering lead at multiple companies, Jessica shares her experience on how to build products to be more resilient, why error handling is so important and how to treat internal APIs vs. external APIs.

What is a Reusable API?

You don’t always need to generate a new API when you want to connect applications and other digital assets to your network. Instead, reusable APIs let you connect multiple applications and systems. As a result, you save time, improve functionality, and make information easier to track. During your application development process, you might think that you need to add innumerable APIs so your assets can communicate with each other.

Authorizing Microservice APIs With OPA and Kuma

Many companies are leveraging DevOps, microservices, automation, self-service, cloud and CI/CD pipelines. These megatrends are changing how companies are building and running software. One thing that often slips through the cracks is security. With microservices, there’s an increase in the number of APIs companies have to protect. YouTube An error occurred. Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser.

Tutorial to Set Up Usage-Based API Billing with Moesif and Chargebee

Modern API businesses are migrating towards usage-based billing models which enables automatic expansion revenue while removing barriers to adopting a new API. With Moesif you can integrate with subscription management solutions like Recurly and Chargebee to quickly add advanced usage-based billing in a few minutes. In this guide, we’ll walk through integrating Moesif with Chargbee and some recommendations for usage-based billing.

New to APIs? Here's How To Start

As technology invades nearly every facet of our lives, businesses need to keep up. Digital transformation is a new normal for today’s business strategy, but you’ll need a solid foundation to work with. The solution to that is a solid application programming interface – or API for short. Did you know you can create an API in minutes without writing a line of code? Let DreamFactory show you how. Our 14-day free trial comes with a guided tour. Sign up today!