These are the advantages of using an API Gateway proxy in your distributed application:
- API Gateway provides an easier way for clients to call API services
- You can apply client-specific policies, such as authentication and rate-limiting, at a single place rather than across multiple services
- You can also expose selected APIs to the clients with exposing internal microservices endpoints
- Microservices endpoints can be changed without forcing the clients to refactor consuming logic
- You can implement any routing rules or any filter implementation
- API Gateway is like an Edge microservice and is independently scalable
You have seen some pros of using the API Gateway proxy service in your microservices architecture, ...
