Throughout the different sections of this chapter, many of the technical capabilities described in Chapter 4, API-Led Architectures, were brought to life. The chapter started by describing what it means to adopt design patterns in the context of APIs and also the different types of patterns that should be considered in end-to-end API architectures.
From simple mediation patterns, such as the resource router, which suggests the use of an API gateway to route API calls to backend services based on the URIs, to more complex patterns, such as Webhooks, which make use of several service capabilities in order to enable asynchronous communication originating from the API provider to the consuming application, the chapter delivered a thorough elaboration of many design patterns applicable in the context of API architectures.
The next chapter will deliver a detailed overview and...
