API-Gateway
API Gateway Pattern
Architectural pattern providing a single entry point for client requests to a microservice system. Handles cross-cutting concerns: authentication, rate limiting, request routing, protocol translation, and response aggregation. Implemented by Kong, Envoy, AWS API Gateway.
- Document
- Chris Richardson, Microservices Patterns (2018)
- URL
- https://microservices.io/patterns/apigateway.html
- Label
- Publication
- Keywords
- API gateway microservices routing authentication rate limiting protocol translation distributed systems
Domain: Architecture · Publication