Azure API Apps and API Management
Learn about the Azure API Apps and API Management services along with some hands-on demos for their setup.
Azure App Service is one of the most important services offered by Azure. When we have the requirement to host web applications, REST APIs, and mobile backends, Azure App Service is the only solution that comes to mind in that particular instance.
Azure API Apps allow us to host Web APIs in the cloud. These APIs can be accessed anywhere in the world once we have verified the credentials.
Because devices come in various screen sizes and use different operating systems, we can have a standardized backend that works seamlessly across all of them. These backend API services can be centrally hosted on a server and accessed via API calls.
Azure API Apps has become the ideal choice for developing and hosting these REST APIs and allows us to play with the data to get and post the data to the data source. It provides the flexibility to connect to other Azure services as well.
Azure API Apps benefits
Azure API Apps service is basically designed for the developers so that they can consume those Web APIs in their applications. It’s also used by third-party vendors to push data into the systems. Some of the use cases of API Apps are as follows:
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It allows integration with other Azure App services such as Azure Logic Apps, Web Apps, and mobile apps.
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It allows us to automate and manage the process of creating, versioning, deploying, and managing APIs. ...