By adding an API to the API Platform, you gain the ability to modify and monitor its behavior using out-of-the-box policies. The out-of-the-box policies let you add sophisticated features to control traffic, enhance peformance, enforce security, and increase the utility of your APIs, without coding or changing backend services. Extension policies enable you to add custom logic in the form of JavScript, Python, Java, and XSLT to an API, tailoring it to meet business requirements.  

Traffic management policies

Mediation policies

Security policies

Extension policies