Deploying NGINX Plus as an API Gateway, Part 1 table.nginx-blog { width: 100%; } table.nginx-blog th { align: left; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; line-height: 120%; } table.nginx-blog td { padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 5px; line-height: 120%; } At the heart of modern application architectures is the HTTP API. HTTP enables applications to be built rapidly and maintained easily. The HTTP API provides a common interface, regardless of the scale of the application, from a single‑purpose microservice to an all‑encompassing monolith. By using HTTP, the advancements in web application delivery that support hyperscale Internet properties can also be used to provide reliable and high‑performance API delivery. For an excellent introduction to the importance of API gateways for microservices applications, see Building Microservices: Using an API Gateway on our blog. As the leading high‑performance, lightweight [ more… ]