The chapter started by providing a comprehensive walk through of how Oracle's API offering evolved from being a traditional SOA stack, into a 3rd generation API Platform, capable of satisfying numerous use cases and scenarios, both on-premise and cloud.
The chapter continued by providing a detailed overview of the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service (APIP CS) architecture and Apiary. Comprehensive diagrams were introduced to illustrate the different features available in the product, all of which were described throughout the chapter.
The chapter then carried on to describe the API Platform's management portal and developer portals. The different pages and sections within each were described in order to provide a holistic view of the capabilities offered by the product, also including a description of the platform's management REST APIs, its resources and use cases.
The chapter ended by providing an overview of Apiary although not in great detail as more information regarding how to make use of Apiary is available in Chapter 3, Designing the API.
In the next chapter, a real-world inspired case study will be described where it is explained the motivations and business drivers for adopting an API Management platform.