Build your first API proxy overview

This pageapplies toApigee andApigee hybrid.

View Apigee Edge documentation.

Note: Before you begin this tutorial, you must have a fully provisioned Apigee organization. SeeProvisioning options.

In this tutorial, you'll create an Apigee API proxy, deploy it, and test it. Apigee API proxies sit between your backend services and internal or external clients that want to use your services. API proxies provide value-added features and policies that address key API management challenges such as security, rate limiting, metrics collection, and more. To learn more aboutApigee and API proxies, seeWhat is Apigee?.

This tutorial includes the following steps:

  1. Create an API proxy
  2. Deploy an API proxy.
  3. Call an API proxy.
  4. Change the target endpoint.
  5. Add a policy.
(NEXT) Step 1: Create an API proxy2345

Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under theApache 2.0 License. For details, see theGoogle Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2025-12-15 UTC.