What is an API Manager?

API managers are a form of API tools that allow managers to gain statistical insight about their APIs. They cover the analysis of their API's entire lifecycle, allowing them to make important choices regarding their API.

Steven Ang Cheong Seng

Steven Ang Cheong Seng

17 December 2024

What is an API Manager?

As the name suggests, an API manager is a platform that allows individuals or organizations to govern and manage their APIs (Application Programming Interfaces).

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Key Functions of an API Manager

API managers can be thought of as a control center for any APIs you have, starting from creation to consumption. You can consider using an API manager for these functions:

API Lifecycle Management: Manage the entire lifecycle of an API, from design and development to deployment, versioning, and retirement.

Potential Benefits From Using an API Manager

There are a couple of API managers that a lot of developers or organizations use to manage their APIs. By saving the hassle of having to manage every single detail from an entire API lifecycle, developers put their trust in these API managers to help them:

Google Cloud API Gateway

URL: https://cloud.google.com/api-gateway

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Google Cloud API Gateway website

Google Cloud API Gateway is an API manager designed to help you create, secure, and monitor APIs for serverless backends on Google Cloud. These backends can include popular options like Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and App Engine, making it an excellent choice for API developers who have most of their services on Google Cloud.

Key Features of Google Cloud API Gateway

Amazon API Gateway

URL: https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/

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Amazon API Gateway Website

Amazon API Gateway is another API manager similar to Google Cloud API Gateway, where users can create, publish, maintain, and monitor APIs.

As it is created by Amazon, this particular API manager is specifically useful for API developers who require backend services within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem.

Key Features of Amazon API Gateway

Azure API Management

URL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/api-management/

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Azure API Management Website

Another excellent API manager candidate to select is Azure API Management, a fully managed service that allows users to manage their entire API lifecycle across diverse environments. If you are a developer who requires wider environment support, Azure API Management might be the API manager for you.

Key Features of Azure API Management

Kong Gateway

URL: https://konghq.com/products/kong-gateway

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Kong Gateway Website

Kong Gateway is an open-source, lightweight API manager that is designed to manage, configure, and route requests to users' APIs efficiently. It is a cloud-native API manager, so it is applicable in work settings with multi-cloud environments.

Key Benefits of Kong Gateway

Apidog - Comprehensive Design-Oriented API Platform

Apidog is a complete API tool that has services for every step in the API lifecycle ready for web developers to utilize. Although Apidog cannot control the consumption aspects of APIs, it is an excellent API tool for testing, documentation, and designing web services.

Apidog - an all-in-one API development platform
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Creating and Designing a New API Using Apidog

Since this is your first time using Apidog, start by making a brand new project by choosing New API.

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Selecting "New API" on Apidog
input necessary information and parameters needed for api and api documentation
Input all the information you feel is necessary
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Second half of the API creation section

Once you have field out the empty fields with the details for your API, ensure that you have saved all your progress in developing the API. the more fields you fill out, the better the API documentation generation will be as you can provide more information for potential users.

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Click the "Save" button to keep the progress on your API

The beauty of Apidog is that the interface can act as API documentation immediately. Isn't is so easy to see the details regarding your API? Response and code samples, along with API path and query parameters are all ready foe viewing!

To explore more, you can check out the comprehensive guide on how to generate API documentation using Apidog.

Generating API Documentation for your API with Apidog

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API Documentation is Sharable on Apidog

Firstly, begin by locating and pressing the "Share" button, found on the vertical bar on the left side of the Apidog app window.

Press the "+ New" button under "No Data" to begin creating your very first Apidog REST API documentation.

Select and Include Important API Documentation Properties

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Input and Select API Documentation Properties with Apidog 

Apidog provides web developers options for the characteristics of the API documentation, such as people who can view your API documentation, as well as a file password, so only selected individuals or organizations can view it.

View or Share Your REST API Documentation

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Decide what to do with your API Documentation!

You now can decide what to do with your API documentation. Apidog compiles your API project's details into an API documentation that is viewable through a website URL.

In any case you need more details, read this article on how to generate API documentation using Apidog.

Conclusion

API managers are an excellent tool for both individuals and organizations if they need help in managing their APIs. API managers can also help in the monetization of APIs by adjusting the request limits and traffic that they can support.

If you need an application that is solely for the design and production of APIs, Apidog is a solid API platform to learn. With simplistic and an intuitive UI to navigate around, you can put your trust own Apidog to learn and design API development.

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