# Platform Engineering for APIs

DevFeed: [Platform Engineering for APIs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/platform-engineering-for-apis-23481.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/platform-engineering-for-apis>)

Author: Ishwari Lokare

Published: 2024-03-19T09:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [API Platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-platform.md>), [GraphOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphos.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>)

Tags: [adobe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/adobe.md>), [api-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-platform.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [apollo-federation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-federation.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-platform.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [graphos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphos.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [internal-developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internal-developer-platform.md>), [kubecon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubecon.md>), [netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netflix.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [self-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-service.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how platform engineering teams can apply platform-engineering practices to APIs using Apollo GraphOS. It presents federated GraphQL as an API composition layer over existing REST services and discusses automation, self-service access, and developer experience.

## Source excerpt

The CNCF's flagship KubeCon Europe 2024 conference is scheduled in Paris from 19-22 March 2024. Platform engineering continues to be a prominent theme this year, for which the CNCF recently issued a set of recommendations and a maturity model defining it. Apollo GraphQL helps API platform teams apply these recommendations to the API layer with Apollo GraphOS, its flagship product.