Learn the foundations of building and managing APIs with Azure. You’ll create RESTful APIs in Python, deploy them with Azure Function Apps, and integrate them into Azure API Management. Along the way, you’ll secure your APIs with authentication and API keys while exploring how large-scale systems manage performance and security.

Introduction to Azure API management

Weather API: invoking and formatting a response

Introduction to API management

HTTP verbs and RESTful architecture

Function app and API management service

Setting up an Azure function app

Building a REST API in Python

Anatomy of Azure API management service

Creating an Azure API management service

Azure API management fundamentals

Integrating APIs with API management

Working with API Management

Take your APIs to the next level by applying policies for security, transformation, and performance. You’ll use OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and CORS to secure access while implementing caching, quotas, and rate limits to keep APIs fast and reliable. By the end, you’ll know how to protect and optimize APIs for real-world usage.

Configuring API authentication and access

Using an API key

Managing API keys

Options

Authentication

Authorization

Authentication vs authorization

Implementing API policies

Adding a rate-limit policy

Applying payload transformation

Policy categories

Authentication and Authorization using Entra ID

Validating JWT tokens

Configure CORS policy

Identity Provider

Client Application

Identity provider vs client app

Response caching and usage quotas

Response Caching

Usage Quotas

Choosing a performance-tunning technique

Enabling response caching

Setting usage quotas

Securing and Optimizing APIs

Discover how to manage APIs at scale with automation, monitoring, and versioning. You’ll roll out new versions safely, monitor performance with Azure Monitor and Application Insights, and automate deployments with ARM templates. This chapter equips you with modern DevOps practices for API lifecycle management.

Why API versioning strategy is important

API versioning strategy

Creating a v2 path-based version

Performing a canary revision

Application insights overview

Selecting the right telemetry types

Enabling application insights on APIM

Setting an alert rule

Azure Resource Manager overview

Exporting an ARM template in the portal

Editing & redeploying a custom template

ARM template structure

Wrapping up

Automating API Lifecycle & Observability

In this course, you’ll learn how to create, publish, and protect APIs using Azure API Management. You’ll start by setting up an API Management instance and documenting APIs for developers. Next, you’ll explore how to control access with subscriptions and keys, and apply policies to secure and optimize traffic. Finally, you’ll see how API gateways make services easier to manage and scale, with hands-on practice in the Azure portal.

Understanding Microsoft Azure Architecture and Services

Introduction to APIs in Python

Learn to create, secure, and manage APIs with Azure API Management through hands-on practice.

Azure API Management

Serving prepared data instead of calling the backend

Making individual requests more efficient

Choosing a performance-tunning technique

Azure API Management

Hands-on interactive exercise