Guidance on API Policies

Guidance to help you understand what and how API policies can be applied to APIs published into Department for Education (DfE) Find and Use API catalogue.

For detailed guidance on how to configure and apply API policies, see the official Microsoft Corporation documentation.

Explore API policy examples and cheat-sheets

To help you write and manage API policies, you can view:

Reusable policy examples
Common policy expressions cheat-sheets
Visual Studio Code snippets for faster editing

These resources are available in Azure’s API Management Policy Snippets GitHub repository.

Use these examples to learn best practices, speed up development, and ensure your policies are consistent and secure.