API Gateway: Types, Design, and Serverless Integration

Are you looking to build scalable and secure backend services, but unsure how to effectively manage API access and traffic? This course introduces you to the fundamentals of API Gateway, a crucial service for modern application architectures. By the end of this course, you will understand the core concepts of API Gateway, how to choose the right API type for your needs, and gain the skills to design, deploy, and secure your own APIs for serverless and microservices-based applications. What you'll learn: Understand the fundamental concepts of API Gateway and its role in modern architectures. Differentiate between REST, HTTP, and WebSocket APIs and when to use each. Design and configure API endpoints, methods, and integrations with backend services like serverless functions. Implement essential security measures including API keys, authentication, and authorization. Practice deploying and testing API Gateway configurations for different use cases. Apply basic observability practices for logging and monitoring your deployed APIs. Explore integration patterns with other services to build comprehensive serverless solutions. This course begins with foundational API concepts and then systematically guides you through each API type, showing how to configure and secure them. You will then learn how to integrate these APIs with various backend services and monitor their performance. This course is designed for absolute beginners with no prior experience in API Gateway or API design. No prerequisites are required, just a willingness to learn how to build powerful and secure APIs. Start your journey to mastering API Gateway and building the backbone of your next application.