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Designing API-First Enterprise Architectures on Azure

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Product type Book

Published in Aug 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801813914

Pages 290 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Software Architecture

Author (1):

Subhajit Chatterjee

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: API-Led Architecture in the Digital Economy

2. Chapter 1: Evolution of Enterprise Solution Architectures

3. Chapter 2: APIs as Digital Connectors

4. Section 2: Build Reliable API-Centric Solutions

5. Chapter 3: Architecture Principles and API Styles

6. Chapter 4: Assuring the Quality of the API Service (or Product)

7. Chapter 5: RESTful APIs – the New Web

8. Chapter 6: API Design Practices

9. Chapter 7: Accelerating through DevOps Essentials

10. Section 3: Deliver Business Value for a Modern Enterprise

11. Chapter 8: API-Centric Enterprise Integrations

12. Chapter 9: APIs as a Monetized Product

13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Popular API architecture styles

API developers tend to use one or more API architecture styles based on the business functionality and simplicity in implementation:

Figure 3.3 – Frequently used API styles

The commonly used styles are explained in the next sections.

The tunneling or RPC style

The tunneling, or Remote Procedure Call (RPCs), style is the oldest architecture style and has been widely used for building API interfaces. The RPC style follows the client-server model, wherein the server exposes a set of endpoints that serve as remote functions:

Figure 3.4 – RPC style

The clients interact with these endpoints using a well-defined message format organized using XML. Both the request body and response output of these APIs are in XML. This style is supported by a wide range of transport and communication standards, such as HTTP, TCP/IP, and JMS. The APIs may use encryption and decryption techniques...

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Authors (1)

Subhajit Chatterjee

Subhajit Chatterjee has a Bachelor of Engineering and a graduate diploma on Information Technology. He has also taken up many online certifications that has helped him learn and grow as a software engineering professional. He has close to two decades of exposure to designing, implementing, and managing software development projects, using Microsoft & Open-Source technologies. He is a seasoned Engineering leader and has delivered many large and complex projects in Azure, IoT, Enterprise Integrations, Web Applications and Mobility space. He loves to solve problems and has had the privilege to work with customers across the globe. He is passionate about sharing his learnings with the community and enjoys coaching and mentoring his team members.

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