Introduction to TIBCO API Exchange Gateway

This section provides an overview of TIBCO API Exchange Gateway and describes the key components.

TIBCO API Exchange Gateway provides an event-driven web services platform. Using this platform, users can route the APIs requests from consumers to various target services exposed by an organization’s internal services layer. Users can completely manage the requests to access the APIs. TIBCO API Exchange Gateway is an event-based routing engine, which processes the requests and responses at a high speed.

TIBCO API Exchange Gateway provides the following key features:

  • Receives, routes, and forwards the requests at a high speed
  • Routes the requests between any requester and any service endpoint
  • Protects from overuse of target service endpoints
  • Protects the access of target service endpoints from unauthorized partners
  • Reports operation activity such as performance and fault monitoring
  • Ensures service level agreements are met

TIBCO API Exchange Gateway supports the following policy models:

  • Authorization rules

    You can configure authorization policies for partners that determine whose requests are handled.

  • Throttling models

    You can configure various types of throttles that determine when the requests are handled.

  • Routing rules

    You can configure the routing rules that determine where the requests are handled.

  • Light-weight orchestration models determine how requests are handled.

    The following diagram shows an overview of the product functionality:

    Functional Overview