API Design & Fundamentals of Apigee on Google Cloud
This course is part of Developing APIs with Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform.
Course Cost
Free course
Beginner
Skill Level
7 Hours
Self-paced lessons
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to API design and the fundamentals of Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform. You'll learn how to design effective RESTful APIs using industry best practices and document them with OpenAPI specifications. The curriculum covers the complete API lifecycle, from initial design to deployment and management. You'll explore how to create API proxies that act as facades for your backend services, configure endpoints and routing rules, implement policies for request/response handling, and package APIs as products for developer consumption. Through hands-on labs, you'll gain practical experience generating API proxies from OpenAPI specs, configuring target servers, implementing route rules, and creating API products with appropriate access controls. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid understanding of API-first development methodology and how Apigee's comprehensive platform helps organizations build, secure, publish, and analyze their API ecosystem.
What you'll learn
Understand the fundamentals of REST API design and best practices
Implement API-first development using OpenAPI specifications
Create and configure API proxies with appropriate endpoints and policies
Build effective API products and implement strategic packaging
Manage developers, apps, and API keys for controlled API access
Design appropriate API responses following RESTful principles
Use Google Cloud's Apigee platform to manage the complete API lifecycle
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
2.58 Hours PreRecorded video
4 assignments
Access on Mobile, Tablet, Desktop
FullTime access
Shareable certificate

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There are 5 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to API design principles and Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform. Students learn the fundamentals of RESTful API design, API-first development methodology, and how to document APIs using OpenAPI specifications. The curriculum covers the entire API lifecycle and how Apigee helps manage each phase. Topics include creating API proxies that act as facades for backend services, configuring proxy and target endpoints, implementing environment groups, route rules, and target servers. Students also learn about conditions, flows, and policies that control request and response processing. The course explores API product strategies, including how to package APIs as products, manage app developers, apps, and API keys. Through hands-on labs, students gain practical experience generating API proxies from OpenAPI specs, configuring target servers, implementing route rules, and creating API products with appropriate access controls.
Module 0: Introduction
Module 1 · 3 Minutes to complete
Module 1: Apigee Overview
Module 2 · 37 Minutes to complete
Module 2: API-First and OpenAPI Specifications
Module 3 · 40 Minutes to complete
Module 3: API Proxies
Module 4 · 4 Hours to complete
Module 4: API Products
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
Fee Structure
Individual course purchase is not available - to enroll in this course with a certificate, you need to purchase the complete Professional Certificate Course. For enrollment and detailed fee structure, visit the following: Developing APIs with Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform
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