Traffic Policy

Karthik Krishnaswamy
Karthik Krishnaswamy

Dynamic routing with CEL interpolation and the forward-internal action

Simplify and scale complex traffic routing topologies by dynamically routing requests based on subdomains, headers, and other request attributes.
December 19, 2024
4
min read
Ryan Grant
Ryan Grant

Why and how we ‘stringified’ your API gateway policies

By replacing highly typed configs with raw YAML/JSON, we’ve eliminated a major UX papercut and given you feature updates “for free.” Let’s see what’s changed.
December 12, 2024
5
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Create a self-service app and API delivery platform with composable Traffic Policy

ngrok lets you manipulate traffic at multiple moments in the request lifecycle, allowing API developers to compose, not compromise, powerful API gateway rules.
December 10, 2024
12
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Manage traffic on a region-aware API gateway—without the networking

Build a region-aware API gateway with ngrok's Traffic Policy. Route requests, manage failover, and enforce regional compliance with simple YAML configs.
December 4, 2024
10
min read
Mandy Hubbard
Mandy Hubbard

Verify webhooks with ngrok’s new Traffic Policy action

Ensure secure, verified webhook interactions with ngrok’s Traffic Policy Action, enhancing protection and reliability for your endpoints.
December 3, 2024
5
min read
Scott McAllister
Scott McAllister

How can I geoblock with an API gateway?

Use geoblocking in your API gateway to control traffic by location, enhancing security, compliance, and performance
November 22, 2024
5
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Manage traffic at critical connection points with Traffic Policy phases

Learn how ngrok's phase-based Traffic Policy gives you granular traffic control in more places, from TCP connect through HTTP response, to take decisive action.
November 21, 2024
8
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Debug traffic flows with cloud endpoints and custom responses

By using the custom-response Traffic Policy action and a public endpoint, you can quickly develop new policy rules without standing up a whole infrastructure.
November 12, 2024
5
min read
Rachel Kolavo
Rachel Kolavo

How we built the Traffic Policy module and its actions

Traffic Policy is now the one true (and final!) way to shape your requests and responses. Let’s explore why we built it, how, and what it means for you.
October 23, 2024
15
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Drop-in API gateway policy examples for manipulating headers

With these ready-for-prod Traffic Policy rules, you can boost your security, give customers SLA metrics, and create geo-aware APIs in a few lines of YAML.
October 17, 2024
8
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Deploy advanced HTTP traffic shaping with request variables and CEL

Explore ngrok's request variables and Common Expression Language to create flexible, powerful HTTP traffic shaping rules for your API endpoints.
September 12, 2024
6
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Battle against search and AI bots on your ngrok endpoints

Are search and AI bots invading your ngrok endpoints? Fight back with three developer-friendly traffic policies you can deploy in minutes.
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Developer's guide: Manage traffic with CEL expressions and connection variables

Explore how ngrok's Traffic Policy feature helps developers filter traffic, without requiring help from ops, with raw connection variable data and CEL.
August 14, 2024
5
min read
Scott McAllister
Scott McAllister

Redirect vs URL rewrite in an API gateway

Find out the difference between URL rewriting and redirection and how to utilize them to seamlessly migrate your API endpoints
August 8, 2024
8
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Traffic Policy Engine now supports dynamic configuration with CEL Interpolation

Enhance your traffic policy management with ngrok's CEL Interpolation, enabling dynamic, adaptable configurations for APIs.
July 23, 2024
3
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Traffic Policy Engine - What are CEL variables?

Harness the power of CEL variables in ngrok’s Traffic Policy Module to create dynamic, robust traffic filtering rules for your APIs.
July 1, 2024
4
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

API gateway gallery: Drop-in API policy management examples

With these 10 YAML-configured examples, you can mix-and-match your way to better security, availability, and observability of your freshest APIs.
May 30, 2024
10
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Introducing ngrok's Traffic Policy module

Discover ngrok's Traffic Policy module: manage traffic across platforms using CEL and JSON/YAML, with flexible configurations and advanced logic.
February 21, 2024
5
min read