Securing APIs with Apigee X

In this Project, you will:

Secure access to APIs by requiring an OAuth token

Limit the overall rate of traffic and the rate by application with the SpikeArrest policy

Rewrite backend error messages to protect against data leakage

2 hours
Beginner
No download needed
Shareable certificate
English
Desktop only

This is a self-paced lab that takes place in the Google Cloud console. In this lab, you modify an API to require OAuth tokens for access. You use the SpikeArrest policy to limit the rate of API calls by application, and you use private variables and data masking to hide sensitive data from users who debug API traffic.

Skills you will develop

  • Cloud Computing Security

  • Data Analysis

  • Debugging

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