api-gateway-patterns

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API Gateway Patterns

Expert guidance for implementing API gateways with routing, authentication, traffic management, and service composition patterns for microservices architectures at scale.

When to Use This Skill

  • Implementing API gateway infrastructure for microservices
  • Designing Backend for Frontend (BFF) layers
  • Adding authentication and authorization at the gateway level
  • Implementing rate limiting, circuit breakers, and retry logic
  • Setting up service discovery and dynamic routing
  • Building API composition and aggregation layers
  • Managing cross-cutting concerns (logging, monitoring, CORS)
  • Evaluating gateway solutions (Kong, Nginx, Envoy, AWS API Gateway)

Core Concepts

Gateway Responsibilities

Routing: Direct requests to appropriate backend services based on path, headers, or host

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