Connect REST services to hundreds of applications and systems. Build API integrations, automate HTTP operations, and create scalable integration workflows with Python.
Learn how to design and build scalable, real-world, production-ready API integrations in Python
How to design, build and secure REST APIs, and how to offer services to API clients
Build production-ready Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 automations without dealing with OAuth2 complexities
Handle incoming HTTP callbacks from external systems like Jira, ServiceNow, and Salesforce
Combine data from multiple sources into unified responses and build complex workflows
Configure Basic Auth, API keys, OAuth, and other security methods for your APIs
Transform API responses to models and convert between formats
Process multipart forms, return attachments, and stream binary data
Handle GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE with dedicated methods for REST resources
Access incoming data, set status codes, and return JSON from your services
Connect Zato to Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, Kong, or similar
Publish new versions, deprecate old ones with sunset dates and successor links, retire them on usage evidence
Live documentation, per-caller access and a try-it client
The hub with everything the layer includes - gateway, security, quota tiers, analytics and GitOps
API Management for operators - which channels are documented, auto-created channels, branding
Generate OpenAPI specs from Dashboard or access them programmatically via HTTP
Define request and response schemas with Python dataclasses for type safety and OpenAPI generation
Where to keep your configuration - API endpoints, mapping tables, and environment-specific settings
REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for designing networked applications. REST APIs use HTTP methods to perform operations on resources identified by URLs. REST has become the dominant approach for web APIs due to its simplicity, scalability, and stateless nature. With Zato, you can expose REST APIs, consume external REST services, and build complex integrations that connect REST endpoints with databases, message queues, and enterprise applications.
Create a REST channel pointing to your Python service. You specify the URL path, HTTP methods, and data format. Zato handles request parsing and response serialization.
Zato supports Basic Auth, API keys, OAuth 2.0, JWT tokens, and custom schemes. See API authentication for configuration details.
Yes - see data mapping for transforming API responses to internal models and converting between formats.
Configure an outgoing REST connection in Dashboard, then call it from your service. Zato handles serialization and connection pooling.
Use self.request.payload for parsed JSON or self.request.input when using data models.
Yes - implement handle_GET, handle_POST, etc. Zato routes requests to the right method automatically.
Create a REST channel for the webhook URL. Your service receives the JSON payload in self.request.payload.
Use self.invoke() to call other services and combine their responses into a single result.
Yes - REST channels, outgoing connections and Python services cover what commercial suites do with proprietary languages and IDEs.
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