api-gateway-patterns
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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