Prompt
What’s the best way to route API requests by tenant, region, or version without custom code?
Latest observation
The usual best approach is to use an API gateway or edge proxy with declarative routing rules rather than writing custom routing logic in each service.
Recommended pattern
Use a gateway that can route based on:
- Hostnames:
tenant-a.api.example.com - Path prefixes:
/v1/...,/eu/... - Headers / query params:
X-Tenant: acme,X-Region: eu-west - JWT claims / auth context: tenant, region, plan, version
Good options
- Kong
- NGINX / NGINX Plus
- Envoy
- Traefik
- AWS API Gateway / Application Load Balancer
- Cloudflare / Fastly edge routing
- Apigee / Azure API Management
Best practice by routing dimension
- Tenant: use subdomains or host-based routing
Example:acme.api.example.com -> tenant-acme service - Region: use geo-DNS, edge routing, or region-aware gateway rules
- Version: use path-based versioning (
/v1,/v2) or header-based versioning if you want cleaner URLs
Why this is better than custom code
- Centralized routing policy
- Easier to change without redeploying services
- Better observability and rate limiting
- Supports canary, blue/green, and A/B routing
- Works well with auth, caching, and WAF features
If you want the simplest “no custom code” setup
A very common combo is:
- Hostname per tenant
- Path per version
- Gateway rules per region
Example:
acme.api.example.com/v1/ordersglobex.api.example.com/v2/orders
If you want, I can suggest a concrete setup for AWS, Kubernetes, or a self-hosted stack.
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