Following API governance rules
The primary goal of API governance is to align your API with your business objectives. It does that by offering a framework of processes, policies, and practices that help you adhere to industry standards and ultimately meet users’ needs. The API governance framework often interacts with various steps of the API life cycle. API design is one of those areas that is governed by a set of guidelines. Other areas include versioning, security, documentation, performance, and API life cycle management. Overall, the goal is to have control over all API-related operations and activities. Let’s see how some of the areas are influenced by and benefit from an API governance strategy.
API design
By following the steps you learned in Chapter 5, you can make sure that you design your API product in a way that is aligned with what users need. By following an API governance strategy, you can also ensure that user alignment isn’t creating an...
