What will you learn in API Development on Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform Course
Master designing REST APIs with OpenAPI specs and API-first principles using Apigee.
Configure API proxies, manage mediation, XML/JSON transformations, custom shared flows, and fault handling.
Implement traffic control mechanisms such as spike arrests, quotas, caching, and developer portal publishing.
Utilize logging, analytics, API versioning, CI/CD workflows, and deployment models within Apigee.
Program Overview
Module 1: Introduction & Proxy Basics
⏳ ~1 hour
Topics: Apigee platform overview, API lifecycle, designing with OpenAPI specifications.
Hands-on: Quiz and basic exercises on API-first design principles.
Module 2: Proxy Mediation & Transformations
⏳ ~4.5 hours
Topics: JSON/XML handling, mediation steps, service callouts, shared flows, and fault-handling strategies.
Hands-on: Five labs (~90 min each) for XML support, mashups, parallel calls, shared flows, and fault handling.
Module 3: Traffic Management
⏳ ~3 hours
Topics: Spike arrest, quotas, and response caching techniques.
Hands-on: Two labs (~90 min each) to implement traffic limits and caching policies.
Module 4: API Publishing & Developer Portals
⏳ ~1 hour
Topics: API versioning, packaging APIs for developers, launching portals.
Hands-on: Build and publish an API product via a developer portal.
Module 5: Logging, Analytics & CI/CD
⏳ ~1 hour
Topics: Message-level logging, Apigee analytics dashboards, CI/CD pipelines, deployment environments.
Hands-on: Configure logs/analytics and explore deployment workflows.
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Job Outlook
Prepares you for roles like API Developer, Integration Engineer, and Platform Engineer focused on API management.
Apigee skills are in high demand across enterprises using Google Cloud or hybrid API platforms.
Specification: API Development on Google Cloud’s Apigee API Platform
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