What API management platforms provide
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In this lesson
list the capabilities of API management and decide whether a solution needs it.
Planned topics
- Gateway: single entry, authentication, rate limits, routing, and logging.
- Developer portal: documentation, self-service sign-up, and keys.
- Keys, quotas, and plans: who may call what and how much.
- Analytics: traffic, errors, and usage per consumer.
- A small internal system with few consumers may not need it; many consumers or external partners usually do.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a table of capabilities against Larkspur consumers (mobile app, marketplace partners, store systems) with "needed now / later / not needed".
Check your understanding
When is API management probably unnecessary?
Show answer
One internal consumer and low risk; a plain gateway or none may do.
Practice
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