Developing APIs with Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform

Module 1: Apigee Overview

• Define the placement and role of API Management in modern
• application development.
• Define logical components and organizational structure of Apigee API platform.
• Differentiate between Apigee flexible deployment models.
• Explain the API lifecycle

Module 2: API First and OpenAPI Specifications

• Describe the fundamentals of REST API design.
• Describe the value of API-first development and how to apply it.

Module 3: API Proxies

• Define the building blocks of APIs and API proxies.
• Describe how API proxies work and how capabilities such as flows, policies, route rules, environment groups, and target servers play a role.
• Describe how APIs are exposed.
• Describe how API proxies connect to backend systems.
• Generate an API proxy using an OpenAPI specification.
• Run an API proxy in different environments without changing the target URL in the proxy code.
• Route target endpoints using route rules and troubleshoot proxies using the Apigee debug tool.

Module 4: API Products

• Define API products and API product strategies.
• Describe the role of developers, applications, and API keys in API management.
• Describe the API publication process.
• Describe API responses and status codes for REST APIs.
• Publish APIs as products.

Module 5: Authentication, Authorization, and OAuth

• Discuss the importance of API security.
• Discuss the role of user authentication and authorization.
• Discuss the main components of OAuth and its application in the context of API design and management.
• Discuss federated identity and the use of JSON Web Tokens in API proxies.
• Apply the OAuthV2 policy to allow apps to access the retail API proxy by providing an OAuth token.

Module 6: Content, Transport, and Internal Security

• Explore platform capabilities for protecting against content-based attacks.
• Discuss transport security and how to protect the connection between Apigee and backend services.
• Discuss how to protect sensitive data using KVMs, data masking, and private variables.
• Protect an API proxy against content attacks and malicious requests.
• Prevent internal users from getting unauthorized access to sensitive data.
• Apply a private variable and a debug mask to hide data when debugging
• An API proxy.

Module 7: Mediation

• Describe the out-of-the-box platform capabilities for implementing mediation and fault handling.
• Describe implementation patterns and policies for JSON, XML, and SOAP.
• Discuss extensibility options using Service Callouts, JavaScript, and Java.
• Explore development practices and capabilities used to reuse, share, and enforce execution of flows and policies.

Module 8: Traffic Management

• Describe when and how to use traffic management.
• Evaluate options and applicable use cases for rate limiting with spike arrests and quotas.
• Understand caching strategy and how to apply it.

Module 9: API Publishing

• Describe API Publishing strategy and process.
• Expand understanding of REST API Design by discussing API versioning.
• Describe the role of developer portals in the API lifecycle and as a critical part of API strategy.
• Create, configure and use a developer portal.

Module 10: Logging and Analytics

• Discuss available options for message logging.
• Discuss the value and use of API analytics.

Module 11: Advanced Topics

• Discuss recommended practices and tooling for Apigee offline development and CI/CD.
• Describe the Apigee deployment options.