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An API gateway is a service that acts as a single entry point for client requests to backend APIs. It receives HTTP requests, applies policies such as authentication and rate limiting, selects the appropriate backend service, and forwards requests to their destinations.

Microservice architectures often contain dozens of internal APIs, but exposing those services directly to browsers, mobile applications, and external clients creates coupling between clients and the internal service topology. API Gateways and Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) services solve different parts