With API Summit 2024 coming up, we're thrilled to announce the 4th annual API Summit Hackathon ! This year’s Hackathon will focus on API innovation that emphasizes the use of artificial intelligence. AI has taken the world by storm, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. We want to share our…
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A service mesh is a mechanism for managing communications between the various individual services that make up modern applications in a microservice-based system. When a service mesh is applied, all inter-service communication is routed through proxies, which can be used to implement networking…
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The pace of the industry today is pressuring software developers to build, test, and release software more frequently than ever. To achieve this pace, teams have built two core processes into their workflow: Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. Continuous Integration and Continuous…
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As a developer working with microservices architectures , you may find yourself facing numerous challenges. Managing multiple services, each with its own potential points of failure, can be complex. Issues such as communication difficulties, security concerns, and lack of visibility are common in…
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API rate limiting involves using a mechanism to control the number of requests an API can handle in a certain time period. It's a key process for ensuring that APIs perform to a high level, provide a quality user experience, and protect the system from overload. APIs act as the foundation for…
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Paynamics Technologies Inc. is a leading Phillippines-based fintech company that empowers businesses with efficient scaling and valuable business intelligence through innovative cashless payment solutions. From payment gateways to mass payouts and merchant wallets, Paynamics optimizes transactions,…
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The router component in the Kong Gateway is a crucial element for traffic handling, allowing the definition of specific matching rules to identify and process client requests. As a core component of the gateway, the router plays a vital role in ensuring the functionality, flexibility, security as…
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Efficiently managing your developer portal is critical in productizing your APIs quickly and reliably. A streamlined developer portal ensures that your APIs are easily accessible, well-documented, and secure — driving higher adoption and easier integration. With the increasing demand for APIs…
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In a previous blog post , we discussed the prevalence of bearer tokens (or access tokens) to restrict access to protected resources, the challenges the sheer nature of bearer tokens present, and available mitigations. To recap, presenting a bearer token is proof enough of an authorization grant to…
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In this article, we'll talk about our experience implementing a design system at Kong. We'll go over the reasons why we decided we needed one in the first place, where we started, and how we got to where we are today. We'll also cover the technology we used and how it has transformed software…
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Today, we're pleased to announce another packed release for Kong Insomnia with many new features and improvements. We recommend every user update to this latest version, available for download today at https://insomnia.rest/download . We've released after-response scripting, which in combination…
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Developer operational efficiency is crucial for streamlining API management processes and empowering development teams to work more effectively. In this blog post, we'll explore three key tips to unlock developer operational efficiency — leveraging API documentation and self-service credential…
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OAuth 2.0 is the current gold standard for secure delegated authorization. The reason is simple: OAuth puts control back in the hands of the users. It enables users to securely grant access to their resources without having to share passwords with third-party applications. Hence, it's one of the…
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If you've ever gotten sticker shock after receiving a surprisingly large cloud bill, you're not alone. Many organizations have faced this challenge, especially as they scale their Kubernetes deployments . While the cloud makes flexible scaling possible, it has also introduced many new services one…
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Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 3.2 is here, and it’s an incredible release. It contains features related to graph theory, features that mean you’ll never need a database again, and a whole host of quality-of-life fixes. If you’ve been using KIC for a long time, you might remember that it was…
[](/blog/product-releases/kic-3-2)Secure your AI infrastructure with prompt guards, PII sanitization, and centralized governance. Control LLM costs with token-based rate limiting and semantic routing across providers.