
API apps in Azure App Service offer features that make it easier to develop, host, and consume APIs in the cloud and on-premises.
Here are some key features of API Apps:
• Bring your APIs as-is: Your existing APIs can take advantage of the features of the API Apps feature of Azure App Service—with no code changes. Use ASP.NET, Java, PHP, Node.js or Python to build new API apps.
• Easy consumption - Integrated support for Swagger API metadata makes your APIs easily consumable by a variety of clients. Automatically generate client code for your APIs in a variety of languages including C#, Java, and Javascript
• Simple access control: With no changes to your code, you can expose APIs to only the other apps inside of your organization or to the public. Secure your API apps with identity providers Azure Active Directory, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter.
• Automatic SDK generation: API Apps lets you take your new and existing APIs and automatically generate SDKs for a variety of languages, including C#, Java, JavaScript and more—empowering your business to easily use your APIs for web, mobile and desktop applications.
• Visual Studio Integration - Dedicated tools in Visual Studio streamline the work of creating, deploying, consuming, debugging, and managing API apps.
• Integration with Logic Apps - API apps that you create can be consumed by App Service Logic Apps.
This course provides a focused and practical guide to Azure App Service – API Apps, helping you understand how to build, host, and manage APIs in Microsoft Azure using real-world scenarios.
You will begin with an introduction to API Apps and how they fit into the Azure App Service ecosystem. The course then walks you through creating a Web API and database locally, giving you a clear understanding of how APIs are developed before moving them to the cloud.
As the course progresses, you will learn how to host a Web API as an API App in Azure App Service. You will understand the deployment process, configuration basics, and how Azure manages API applications in a scalable and reliable way.
The course also covers building and using REST client SDKs, enabling you to consume API Apps efficiently from client applications. This helps you understand how APIs are exposed and used in real-world systems.
A key focus of this course is authentication and authorization for API Apps. You will learn how to secure APIs using Azure App Service authentication features and understand how access to APIs is controlled.
Each topic is explained through concise video lessons designed to simplify complex Azure concepts. Practice tests are included to help you validate your understanding and reinforce key ideas.
By the end of this course, you will have the confidence to build, deploy, secure, and consume API Apps using Azure App Service in real-world cloud environments.