API policies
MuleSoft API policies are a set of capabilities within the Anypoint Platform that allow API developers to manage and control APIs. These policies enforce specific behaviors on APIs, such as security, compliance, operations, and quality of service.
The following are the API policies provided by MuleSoft:
API policies |
Description |
Security policies |
These policies can help secure APIs by validating client credentials, filtering, limiting traffic, validating user roles, and more. Examples include OAuth 2.0 access token enforcement, client ID enforcement, JSON, and XML threat protections. |
Rate limiting and throttling policies |
These policies ensure resources are not overwhelmed by controlling the number of requests processed by an API at any one time. Examples include rate limiting and... |