Chapter 3. Getting Started with API Apps

Azure App Service is a fully managed Platform as a Service (Paas) for developers who makes it easier to build web, mobile, and integration apps. API Apps makes easy to build and consume your APIs in the cloud. It provides a rich platform and ecosystem in order to build, consume, and distribute APIs in the cloud and on-premise.

In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:

• How to build an API App and deploy it in Azure
• How to consume API Apps in different types of client application
• Different ways to secure your API App in Azure App Service

As discussed in the previous chapter, Azure App Service is a new fully managed PaaS platform in order to build web, mobile, and integration scenarios. API App is the big fundamental app type of four app types offered by Azure App Service (for more information, refer: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-value-prop-what-is.).

It can help you build a robust, scalable, and secure API backend for your Enterprise Web, Mobile, and Logic Apps:

API Apps enable you to build your API in your preferred language and make it easy to use by automatically generating client SDK. In addition, it really easily integrates with API Management for a seamless integrated experience for managing, hosting, and developing of your API in Azure. We will learn more about API Management in the next chapter.