Why API Integration?
A few days back, one of my friends asked me about my technology in IT. I answered that I work on MuleSoft. As expected, the person questioned What is this MulesSoft? I said it is a middleware/integration tech.
“Middleware? I know about frontend and backend as learned in college” my friend replied.
This happened to me recurring times. Most people even from an IT background are not aware of any integration platform.
In colleges, we learn programming and scripting languages like C++, Java, Python, PHP, etc used in the process of SDLC.
What is the next step of building the bug-free application or software?
The answer is — manage that app, provide security, make it reusable, and so on.
Let’s take an example:
if you developed an application for a new Movie Theatre. Now, you want your theatre details to be visible on BookMyShow, Paytm, and some other apps. For that, you will create API (Application Programming Interface) which will act as a connector. Through this API, BookMyShow and Paytm will be able to connect to your application and utilize the existing operations.
Now, the question arises how you can make sure that there will not be any unrestricted access to your API? Also, how you are going to manage your APIs and check the frequency of hits your APIs are receiving?
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Here comes the Integration platform — Middleware technologies.
The integration platform is the solution to Connect & Integrate Data Across Your Organization securely.
With an integration platform, an organization can perform:
-> Mapping — Routing with some business logic
-> Security of APIs
-> Reusability of APIs
-> Discovery of APIs
-> Monitoring and Reporting
Examples of some API Integration tools are: MuleSoft, Axway Amplify — API Solutions, TIBCO, Apigee, IBM Connect, etc
So, the conclusion is — Integration platforms are for providing API solutions — Managing, securing, transforming, virtualizing, monitoring APIs.
Well, how to integrate and manage API’s using these integration tools is what I do.. 😉 There is so much to learn in this field..I am exploring as much as I can. 😊
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