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API Design and Fundamentals of Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform

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Course Summary

Learn the fundamentals of API design with Apigee API Platform and Google Cloud Platform. This course will teach you how to design, secure, and deploy APIs using Apigee’s API Platform on Google Cloud Platform.

Key Learning Points

Learn how to design APIs using Apigee API Platform and Google Cloud Platform
Secure APIs and manage access with OAuth and API keys
Deploy APIs to production and monitor usage with analytics

Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have

- USA: $90,000 - $140,000
- India: ₹600,000 - ₹1,500,000
- Spain: €30,000 - €50,000
- USA: $90,000 - $140,000
- India: ₹600,000 - ₹1,500,000
- Spain: €30,000 - €50,000
- USA: $120,000 - $200,000
- India: ₹1,000,000 - ₹2,500,000
- Spain: €40,000 - €70,000
- USA: $90,000 - $140,000
- India: ₹600,000 - ₹1,500,000
- Spain: €30,000 - €50,000
- USA: $120,000 - $200,000
- India: ₹1,000,000 - ₹2,500,000
- Spain: €40,000 - €70,000
- USA: $120,000 - $180,000
- India: ₹1,000,000 - ₹2,000,000
- Spain: €40,000 - €60,000

Learning Outcomes

Design and deploy APIs using Apigee API Platform and Google Cloud Platform
Secure APIs with OAuth and API keys
Monitor API usage with analytics

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic knowledge of HTTP and RESTful API concepts
Experience with a programming language such as Java or Python

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Self-paced
Online
Video lectures
Interactive quizzes

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Description

In this course, you learn how to design APIs, and how to use OpenAPI specifications to document them. You learn about the API life cycle, and how the Apigee API platform helps you manage all aspects of the life cycle. You learn about how APIs can be designed using API proxies, and how APIs are packaged as API products to be used by app developers.

Through a combination of lectures, hands-on labs, and supplemental materials, you will learn how to design, build, secure, deploy, and manage API solutions using Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform.

Knowledge

Describe Apigee terminology and organizational model based on Apigee product capabilities.
Interact with Apigee API Platform.
Explore and put into practice API design, development and management concepts.
Identify capabilities available to secure, scale, and manage APIs and API products.

Outline

Module 0: Introduction
Course Series Introduction
Course Introduction

Module 1: Apigee Overview
Module Overview
Product Overview
API Lifecycle
Apigee Organizations
Module Review
Module Quiz

Module 2: API-First and OpenAPI Specifications
Module Overview
REST API Design, Part I: Basics (1)
REST API Design, Part I: Basics (2)
API-First Development
OpenAPI Specs
Module Review
Module Quiz

Module 3: API Proxies
Module Overview
Apigee API Proxies
Lab Intro: Generating an API proxy using an OpenAPI spec
Coursera: Getting Started with Google Cloud and Qwiklabs
Proxy Endpoints and Environment Groups
Conditions, Flows, and Policies (1)
Conditions, Flows, and Policies (2)
Target Endpoints, Route Rules, and Target Servers
Lab Intro: Target Servers
Lab Intro: Route Rules and the Trace Tool
Module Review
Labs in this course
REST clients
Module Quiz

Module 4: API Products
Module Overview
API Products, Developers, Apps, and API Keys
API Product Strategies (1)
API Product Strategies (2)
Lab Intro: API Products, Developers, Apps, and API Keys
REST API Design, Part II: Responses (1)
REST API Design, Part II: Responses (2)
Module Review
Course Review
Apigee X and Apigee Edge differences
Module Quiz

Summary of User Reviews

Learn API Design with Apigee and GCP on Coursera is a highly recommended course for those interested in mastering API design. The course has received positive reviews for its comprehensive content, engaging instructors, and practical exercises.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

The course is praised for its practical exercises that help learners apply the concepts they learn in real-world scenarios.

Pros from User Reviews

Comprehensive content that covers all aspects of API design
Engaging instructors who explain concepts clearly and with relevant examples
Practical exercises that help learners apply the concepts they learn in real-world scenarios

Cons from User Reviews

Some learners found the pace of the course to be too fast
The course may require some prior knowledge of API design and development
Some learners found the course to be too technical and difficult to follow

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