API gateway

Ryan Grant
Ryan Grant

Why and how we ‘stringified’ your Traffic Policy rules

By replacing highly typed configs with raw YAML/JSON, we’ve eliminated a major UX papercut and given you feature updates “for free.” Let’s see what’s changed.
December 12, 2024
5
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Create a self-service app and API delivery platform with composable Traffic Policy

ngrok lets you manipulate traffic at multiple moments in the request lifecycle, allowing API developers to compose, not compromise, powerful API gateway rules.
December 10, 2024
12
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Manage traffic on a region-aware API gateway—without the networking

Build a region-aware API gateway with ngrok's Traffic Policy. Route requests, manage failover, and enforce regional compliance with simple YAML configs.
December 4, 2024
10
min read
Scott McAllister
Scott McAllister

How can I geoblock with an API gateway?

Use geoblocking in your API gateway to control traffic by location, enhancing security, compliance, and performance
November 22, 2024
5
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Create a Traffic Policy ‘devenv’ with custom responses to build rules faster

By using the custom-response Traffic Policy action and a public endpoint, you can quickly develop new policy rules without standing up a whole infrastructure.
November 12, 2024
5
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Flexible and expressive traffic orchestration: introducing internal endpoints

Internal endpoints are secure, non-public endpoints that end with .internal, allowing you to route traffic based on headers, paths, subdomains, and more.
October 29, 2024
8
min read
Rachel Kolavo
Rachel Kolavo

How we built the Traffic Policy module and its actions

Traffic Policy is now the one true (and final!) way to shape your requests and responses. Let’s explore why we built it, how, and what it means for you.
October 23, 2024
15
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Drop-in API gateway policy examples for manipulating headers

With these ready-for-prod Traffic Policy rules, you can boost your security, give customers SLA metrics, and create geo-aware APIs in a few lines of YAML.
October 17, 2024
8
min read
Scott M. Fulton III
Scott M. Fulton III

ngrok in production: Not just for testing anymore

Transform how you handle production traffic with ngrok, enhancing security and management for your applications beyond just testing.
September 18, 2024
4
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Deploy advanced HTTP traffic shaping with request variables and CEL

Explore ngrok's request variables and Common Expression Language to create flexible, powerful HTTP traffic shaping rules for your API endpoints.
September 12, 2024
6
min read
Team ngrok
Team ngrok

Deploy a globally-distributed API gateway with DigitalOcean and ngrok

Deliver low-latency, resilient APIs without vendor lock-in or complex networking with ngrok’s global server load balancer, automatically deployed with your API.
September 10, 2024
7
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

How to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) with ngrok’s API gateway

Mutual TLS (mTLS) with an API gateway can help you meet compliance requirements in industries that demand high security for data transmission.
August 13, 2024
8
min read
Scott McAllister
Scott McAllister

Redirect vs URL rewrite in an API gateway

Find out the difference between URL rewriting and redirection and how to utilize them to seamlessly migrate your API endpoints
August 8, 2024
8
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

APIOps and an API gateway: Get your development groove back

Discover how GitOps and APIOps can revolutionize your API gateway workflow, offering version control, easy deployment, and developer sanity with ngrok.
August 6, 2024
10
min read
Mandy Hubbard
Mandy Hubbard

Ingress controller vs. API gateway: A comparison

Ingress controllers and API gateways have some overlapping functionality, and this post helps you know when to use one over the other—or both!
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

API gateway gallery: Drop-in API policy management examples

With these 10 YAML-configured examples, you can mix-and-match your way to better security, availability, and observability of your freshest APIs.
May 30, 2024
10
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Secure your API with JWTs and ngrok’s API Gateway

Secure your APIs with JWT authentication using ngrok’s developer-defined API Gateway for enhanced security and seamless integration.
May 16, 2024
7
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Developer experience in deployed API gateways: Kong vs. ngrok

Discover the simplicity of ngrok's API gateway and compare it to Kong for enabling developer productivity, ease of use, and rapid deployment capabilities.
May 14, 2024
10
min read
Chad Tindel
Chad Tindel

Reverse proxy vs. API gateway: Key differences explained

Reverse proxies and API gateways share many similarities. This post helps you understand how these technologies differ and when to use each one.
April 17, 2024
5
min read
Chad Tindel
Chad Tindel

Transform connectivity with ngrok: A strategic edge for modern enterprises

Learn how ngrok redefines digital transformation, offering strategic advantages in security, efficiency, and innovation for modern enterprises.
March 21, 2024
5
min read
Mandy Hubbard
Mandy Hubbard

Introducing JWT validation for your API

ngrok's developer-defined API gateway introduces support for JWT validation. Learn about ngrok's implementation and how to add JWT validation to your API endpoints.
February 26, 2024
3
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Introducing ngrok’s developer-defined API Gateway: Shifting the paradigm of API delivery

ngrok's API gateway includes traffic routing, JWT authentication and authorization for API security, rate limiting for ensuring fairness, preventing resource exhaustion of origin services, and flexible request/response manipulation - all powered by our new traffic policy engine.
February 15, 2024
3
min read