Tutorial : Building Micro Services using Node.js in Apigee Edge

Hello Everyone,

In this video , David from Apigee product management team explains how easy & quick to build micro services using Node.JS in Apigee Edge.

Building microservices & adopting microservices architecture is today's trend in building server-side enterprise applications. Think about building & API manage them seamlessly in one single platform? Isn't it super cool?

Apigee Edge helps you do that using Node.JS & running your microservices as a proxy in Apigee Edge API Platform.

In above video, David explains how to create simple microservice that gives reverse ip as an output using node.js. Follow below steps to get started,

Step 1 :

Login to Apigee Edge by navigating to https://enterprise.apigee.com using your Apigee Credentials

Step 2:

Navigate to APIs -> API Proxies using top menu bar.

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Step 3:

Click on +API Proxy icon on top right-hand side to create an API Proxy.

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Step 4:

Choose API Proxy Type, In our case it's node.js app,

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We now have updated UX for creating API proxy and you will find new UI is little different from what is being shown in above video. Most of the concepts are same and you will find UX lot more interactive in updated UX.

Step 5:

Provide Node.js application details,

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Step 6:

Choose Security options, Just for testing make it Pass though (none), choose virtual hosts, deploy to environments, build.

Step 7 :

As explained in video, with few lines of Node.JS code you can able to create a microservice in Apigee Edge. Follow video to complete the microservice.

Keep us posted if you have any queries.

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