The latest articles on Forem by Abhishek Konthalapalli (@abhishek_konthalapalli_38). https://forem.com/abhishek_konthalapalli_38 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1713502%2F2a62b8c4-96f6-4049-8e64-d247bd42a8f3.png https://forem.com/abhishek_konthalapalli_38 en Abhishek Konthalapalli Mon, 01 Jul 2024 18:52:28 +0000 https://forem.com/abhishek_konthalapalli_38/api-gateways-2dcl https://forem.com/abhishek_konthalapalli_38/api-gateways-2dcl <h2> The What </h2> <p>API Gateways to extract bunch of code that would otherwise be inside your servers and extract it out to a different server. </p> <h2> The Why / Advantages </h2> <p>Authorization: User authentication can be done before sending the request to your microservices. </p> <p>Transformation &amp; Validation : Client would have the liberty to send data in a clean uniform format, API gateway would transform the data and validation then pass it to the microservice in a customized format. </p> <p>Client can avoid DNS lookup: responsibility of routing to server and load balancing can be situated in API Gateway. </p> <p>Rate limiting: API gateway can supervise the requests from the clients and prevent DDOS attacks. </p> networking webdev