In this session Tomasso will explain what Web APIs are, why do we need them and how to implement them in Azure with API Apps. He is going to show in several demos how you can create a custom API App, test and deploy it, but also more advanced topics like how to add authentication to an API App.

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Tomasso Groenendijk
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2. Azure API Apps
Microsoft Azure
Tomasso Groenendijk

3. Meet Tomasso Groenendijk
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4. Overview
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5. API Economy

6. Challenges Authoring Web APIs
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7. Azure App Service
API APPS
Easily build and consume
APIs in the cloud
WEB APPS
Web apps that scale with your
business
LOGIC APPS
Automate business process
across SaaS and on-premises
MOBILE APPS
Build Mobile apps for any
device

8. Why Azure API Apps?
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9. DEMO: Building your first API App
In this demonstration, you will see:
 Create an API App project
 Enable Swagger UI
 Test the API App
 Deploy the API App

10. DEMO: Remote debugging
In this demonstration, you will see:
 Test API App locally on Dev Machine
 Publish an API App with Debug build configuration
 Attach Debugger on API App
 Add breakpoints
 Debug the API App remotely

11. API Apps Architecture Example
Resource Group – App Service
API App
Gateway
other Azure
services…
Clients
• Web
• Mobile (iOS)
• Flow
3rd party
SaaS
API Apps from Gallery
Salesforce
Connector
Office 365
Connector
Custom Code
Mobile App
(Data Access)
Direct
deployed
Logic Apps
On-
premises
Logic App (also from gallery)
Logic App Definitions
Token Store
Twilio
Connector
Consent Server
Facilitates SaaS login
and token refresh
AzureAD
Zumo token

12. DEMO: Add Azure Active Directory
authentication to an API App
In this demonstration, you will see:
 Apply authentication rules to the API app
 Create an Application in Azure Active Directory
 Call the API app to verify that it rejects
unauthenticated requests.
 Log in to the configured provider.
 Call the API app again to verify that authenticated
access works.
 Use Postman to send a request with a Zumo token

13. • Box
• Chatter
• Dropbox
• Azure HD Insight
• OneDrive
• SharePoint Server
• SharePoint Online
• SQL Server
• Office 365
• Oracle DB
• QuickBooks
• Salesforce
• SugarCRM
• SAP
• Azure Service Bus
• Azure Storage
Blob
• Twilio
• Twitter
• IBM DB2
• Informix
• Websphere MQ
• Azure Web Jobs
• Yammer
• Facebook
• HTTP, HTTPS
• File
• FTP
• SFTP
• POP3
• SMTP
• Flat File Encoder
• Validate
• Extract (XPath)
• Transform
• X12
• EDIFACT
• AS2
• TPM
• Rules
Connectors
Protocols BizTalk Services
SaaS Connectors
And more on the way…

14. Questions?
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