Amazon API Gateways Disadvantages
Following are the disadvantages of using the API Gateway:
- Not much Secure. Many a times, it is very difficult to implement the security practices in every API call. From which leads to difficulty in tracking their performance.
- API gateway is tough to consider as reliable.
- It is very difficult to maintain API gateway updates regularly with the inclusion of every microservice. So, when a single application turns into the services of millions of microservices then this becomes very hectic to handle.
- API gateway requires the routing rules. so, there are much more possibility of failure from a single point.
- In API Gateway, there are all the API rules in one place. So, there is Risk of complexity.
Amazon Web Service – Introduction to API Gateway
Firstly, API stands for Application Program Interface. An API Gateway is a management tool that acts as an interface between users and microservices. The Amazon API Gateway is an AWS service that allows users to create, publish, secure, maintain and monitor APIs at any scale. You can create APIs in your client application and can also make them available to third-party developers. It is serverless. It supports HTTP, WebSocket, and REST APIs. API Gateway is a type of server that provides the service of API which is used to customize each client.
The Netflix API Gateway is the most popular example of API Gateway. Many e‑commerce site uses an API gateway to provide the endpoint for retrieving the details of all products from mobile clients with only a single request. So, This invokes many different services like the proper information of product, and product reviews and then combines the results.