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Google has announced the general availability of Gemini Code Assist within Apigee API Management, marking a significant leap forward in AI-assisted API development. After a successful preview period and incorporating valuable customer feedback, this powerful tool is now ready for enterprise production use as part of the Gemini Code Assist Enterprise edition. It aims to solve the challenges of building consistent, secure, and well-designed APIs at scale.

Addressing API Development Challenges with AI

Creating APIs can be complex, involving intricate specifications, adherence to organizational standards, and the prevention of duplicate or inconsistent functionalities. Gemini Code Assist in Apigee leverages Google’s Gemini models and Apigee’s Enterprise Context capabilities to tackle these hurdles. By integrating with an organization’s API ecosystem through the API hub, it ensures that generated APIs are aligned with established patterns, security schemas, and object structures.

Key Features Now Generally Available

Based on feedback from users during the preview, Gemini Code Assist in Apigee has been significantly enhanced with several powerful capabilities:

• Chat Interface for API Creation: Developers can create API specifications using natural language through the Gemini Code Assist interface. Adding “@Apigee” before the LLM prompt enables developers to design or update API specifications conversationally, which is particularly helpful for onboarding developers who prefer conversational interfaces over traditional tools.

• AI-Generated Spec Summaries: Gain plain language summaries of the generated API specifications, which explains how your enterprise context was used to build it. This feature allows platform teams to quickly grasp API functionality without needing to delve into technical specifications.

• Iterative Spec Design: The chat interface allows developers to quickly refine API specifications, a highly requested feature during the preview period. This iterative approach allows for quick improvements to APIs without needing to completely restart the process.

• Enhanced Enterprise Context: Improved support for nested objects ensures consistent formatting of common elements (e.g., addresses, currency formats) across different parent objects. This enhancement aids platform teams in maintaining governance standards and reducing inconsistencies within the API ecosystem.

• Duplicate API Detection: This feature proactively identifies when a requested API duplicates existing functionality. This allows for reuse of existing APIs and prevent developers from creating redundant endpoints, saving time and helping platform teams reduce API sprawl.

• Enterprise-Grade Security: Built with VPC Service Controls compliance, Gemini Code Assist in Apigee meets stringent enterprise security requirements, allowing platform teams to deploy AI-assisted development confidently within secure and isolated compliance frameworks.

Streamlined Development Workflow

Gemini Code Assist provides a streamlined workflow to accelerate API development while maintaining governance:

• Create: Generate OpenAPI specifications through natural language prompts.
• Iterate: Update OpenAPI specifications through natural language prompts.
• Test: Deploy mock servers for collaborative testing.
• Publish: Share specifications with your team through API hub.
• Implement: Generate proxies or backend implementations.

Enterprise Context ensures APIs consistently meet organizational standards, reduce duplication, and minimize inconsistencies throughout this workflow.

Getting Started

Gemini Code Assist in Apigee is accessible as part of the Gemini Code Assist Enterprise edition. Existing customers can immediately access these capabilities within VS Code using Cloud Code and Gemini Chat.

Steps to get started:

1. Install the Cloud Code and Gemini Code Assist extension for VS Code.
2. Connect to your Apigee and API hub instances.
3. Begin creating APIs using natural language prompts.

Detailed instructions and interactive tutorials are available in the Google Cloud console and documentation.

Conclusion

Gemini Code Assist in Apigee promises to transform API development by providing AI-powered assistance that accelerates the development lifecycle, maintains consistency, and ensures compliance with enterprise standards. By integrating with existing systems and providing a streamlined workflow, it empowers developers to build better APIs more efficiently. Google is actively seeking feedback to improve Gemini Code Assist for Apigee, with upcoming support for additional IDEs (like IntelliJ), the gRPC protocol, style rule enforcement from API Hub, and expanded capabilities for proxy authoring and optimization. Developers can begin using Gemini Code Assist in Apigee today to build more consistent, secure, and well-designed APIs.

Source: Google