Connecting Kong and Solace: Building Smarter Event-Driven APIs

Kong has introduced a plugin for Solace upstream mediation that allows users to bridge the gap between REST APIs and event brokers like Solace Broker, providing a unified interface for handling both APIs and events. This integration enables developers to expose Solace event streams through the Kong Gateway while applying consistent policies and developer experiences used for REST APIs. By running Kong in front of a Solace Broker, users benefit from enhanced authentication, access control, schema validation, data transformation, and observability, ensuring secure and efficient event processing. The setup involves a series of configurations using Docker, Solace Cloud, and Kong's declarative configuration tool, decK, to create a seamless mediation between HTTP requests and Solace events. This integration supports advanced features like rate limiting, request size caps, and dynamic topic routing, making it easier to manage both APIs and events with enterprise-level governance and protection.