Integrations - Technology
API gateway
(APIGW)
A controlled front door that receives API calls and routes them to the right services
What's it for?
Gives outside software one controlled route into several services and sends each request to the right place.
For example…
A mobile app sends all requests through one API gateway, which routes order calls to the order service and payment calls to payments
The API gateway blocks requests without a valid token before they ever reach the internal services.