Recipe API

RAML
RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) is a simple and succinct way of describing practically-RESTful APIs.

Throttling
Mechanism to manage the rate of requests that clients can make against the API at a particular time.

Compression
Method used by client applications to manage performance and bandwidth usage by compressing the request's payload sizes.

Authentication token
Used by the API gateway platform to authenticate a client application making a request; comprised of:

Client ID - indentifier component.
Client Secret - authenticator component.

Environment
Sandboxed environments where application artefacts are deployed, example:

QA - for testing
PROD - for live service functionality.