What Is A Microservice?
A Microservice is a standalone component of an application or API. Components may be independently deployable, organised by business capability and may be maintained by different business units.
Version Number: v1.0.2
Published Date: 29 May 2025
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Testing of APIs and Microservices requires documentation. The most suitable formats are available here.
Definition of a Microservice
A Microservice is a standalone component of an application or API. Components may be independently deployable, organised by business capability and may be maintained by different business units.
Edgescan offers 2 licence types:
Option 1: Supports up to 20 endpoints per Microservice
Option 2: Supports up to 5 endpoints per Microservice.
Edgescan's Microservices are typically sold in bundles of 5-10
Definition of an API
An API is a machine readable function that allows the exchange of data between two or more points typically via HTTP available in a RESTful format.
Each API is separated by domain, functionality, level of authentication and type.
Edgescan licenses web APIs by domain with up to two levels of authentication available per license.