Jitterbit API Manager

API is an acronym for Application Programming Interface. In simple terms, API is a software intermediary that allows applications to interact with each other and securely exchange data. APIs act as a messenger between applications that take requests, translate and return responses.

API management, or APIM, is the process of creating, publishing, controlling, and analyzing APIs in a secure and scalable environment. API management provides a unified platform to scale, share and socialize APIs while ensuring security and access control. In addition, API Management tools provide usage analytics for reporting and assessment to improve performance and decision-making.

The API management platform is a software tool used to create, access, publish and govern APIs. With Jitterbit’s API management platforms, companies can centrally manage, run and secure APIs, and perform full lifecycle management.

The key components of an API management platform are:

• API Design: API design enables the creation, publishing and deployment of APIs. API design defines the architectural and functional characteristics of APIs and influences how users consume these APIs and how they are tracked.
• API Gateway: An API Gateway is a software component sitting between a client and a collection of backend services transmitting requests and responses. The API Gateway acts as a manager handling the requests, routing, translation, and delivery of data and services.
• API Developer Portal: API Developer Portal is a place where published APIs are cataloged. The developer portal serves as a marketplace for the published APIs from where users can browse, subscribe, and read about them.
• API Security: Security is an essential component of APIM. You can use an API management platform to secure and govern your API’s various authentication types including Basic and OAuth 2.0. It also allows users to implement security capabilities such as user-level rate limiting and IP-white listing to ensure that your APIs are safeguarded and used the way you intended them to be used.
• API Analytics: API Analytics are critical to track key performance and monitor metrics. API Analytics enable organizations to filter, sort, and aggregate API data and display it in reports and dashboards that are easy to understand.

APIs are increasingly becoming important as organizations rely on them for everything, from introducing new products and channels to achieving operational efficiency and delivering an improved customer experience. Organizations need to implement effective API management (APIM) and create an environment to manage the API lifecycle, making APIs secure and easily consumable.

Jitterbit understands the importance of APIM and the growing dependencies of businesses on APIs. With Jitterbit’s API management platform, businesses can create, run, secure, publish, manage and analyze APIs and microservices no matter where your APIs are hosted, or what technologies they run on. A simple yet powerful user interface makes it very easy to integrate APIs from existing systems.