Add Authentication and Billing for Your API on Google Cloud Platform [Tutorial]

The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on deploying, authenticating, and monetizing an API using Google Cloud Platform and RapidAPI, focusing on getting APIs ready for the rapidly growing API solutions market. It explains how to whitelist RapidAPI IPs for secure access, document APIs on the RapidAPI marketplace, and set up various pricing plans to monetize the API effectively. The guide highlights the use of RapidAPI's features, such as user authentication through API keys and billing management, to streamline the process without additional development work. It underscores the importance of making APIs easily testable for developers, offering tiered pricing plans, and possibly introducing custom quotas for complex pricing scenarios. Overall, the tutorial emphasizes getting APIs open for business efficiently while providing outreach to a vast developer community, allowing API providers to focus more on the coding aspects rather than the administrative tasks.