Tag: api-gateway

5 resources tagged with "api-gateway" on StackPractices.

Secure API Key Authentication for Services and Clients

How to generate, distribute, validate, and rotate API keys for machine-to-machine authentication using HMAC signatures, scopes, and rate-limited key policies.

api-keys authentication hmac machine-to-machine

Design a Scalable API Gateway for Microservices

How to build an API gateway that routes requests, handles authentication, rate limiting, caching, and protocol translation between clients and backend microservices.

api-gateway microservices routing rate-limiting

Implement Rate Limiting for APIs and Web Applications

How to protect APIs and web endpoints from abuse using token bucket, sliding window, and fixed window rate limiting strategies with Redis and in-memory implementations.

rate-limiting api-gateway redis token-bucket

Build Real-Time APIs with WebSockets on Serverless

How to implement bidirectional real-time communication using WebSockets with AWS API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, and connection management best practices.

websockets real-time api-gateway lambda

Build Serverless APIs with API Gateway

How to design, deploy, and manage serverless HTTP APIs using AWS API Gateway, Lambda, and function-as-a-service patterns.

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