API Lifecycle

Design → Build → Test → Ship → Consume → Observe

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OpenAPI / Swagger"]:::yellow MOCK["Mock Server
Prism / Stoplight"]:::teal end subgraph BUILD["Build"] AUTH["Auth Layer
OAuth2 / JWT"]:::purple IMPL["Implementation
Express / FastAPI"]:::blue CODEGEN["SDK Codegen
OpenAPI Generator"]:::blue end subgraph VALIDATE["Validate"] TEST["API Tests
Postman / Jest"]:::green DOCS["API Docs
Swagger UI / Redoc"]:::teal end subgraph SHIP["Ship"] GATEWAY["API Gateway
Kong / AWS GW"]:::orange RLCACHE["Rate Limit & Cache
Redis / CDN"]:::teal end subgraph CONSUME["Consume"] WEB["Web Client
fetch / Axios"]:::yellow MOBILE["Mobile Client
Native SDK"]:::yellow THIRD["Third-party
Webhook / SDK"]:::yellow end subgraph OBSERVE["Observe"] MON["Observability
Datadog / Grafana"]:::green end SPEC --> MOCK SPEC --> IMPL SPEC --> DOCS SPEC --> CODEGEN AUTH --> IMPL MOCK --> TEST IMPL --> TEST TEST -->|"pass"| GATEWAY CODEGEN --> THIRD DOCS -.->|"reference"| THIRD GATEWAY --> RLCACHE GATEWAY --> MON RLCACHE --> WEB RLCACHE --> MOBILE RLCACHE --> THIRD