RequestRocket Documentation

RequestRocket Platform

RequestRocket adds a secure, auditable layer between your systems and every third-party API you connect to, giving you full control over access, visibility, and compliance.

Welcome to RequestRocket

RequestRocket is a powerful API management platform that helps developers build, test, and deploy APIs quickly and efficiently. Our platform acts as an intelligent proxy layer between your applications and target APIs, providing authentication, authorization, monitoring, and more.

What is RequestRocket?

RequestRocket simplifies API integration and authentication by providing:

  • Authentication Management: Support for multiple authentication methods (API Keys, Bearer Tokens, JWT, Basic Auth, OAuth2)
  • Authorization Rules: Fine-grained access control with flexible rule-based policies
  • Regional Deployment: Deploy proxies in multiple regions for optimal performance
  • Synchronous Processing: High availability API endpoints with real-time API handling
  • Asynchronous Processing: Intelligent retry logic with exponential backoff for reliable API calls
  • Monitoring & Analytics: Comprehensive request logging and performance metrics
  • Security: Military-grade encryption (AES-256-GCM) for credential storage

Quick Start

Get started with RequestRocket in just a few steps:

Use Cases

RequestRocket is perfect for:

  • Third-Party Integration: Securely connect to external APIs without exposing credentials
  • AI Integration: Use RequestRocket as a proxy for AI access to APIs to control their access
  • Microservices: Manage authentication and authorization across distributed services
  • Development & Testing: Create mock APIs and test integrations before production
  • Legacy System Integration: Modernize authentication for older systems
  • Audit and Compliance: Support SOC2, GDPR and ISO Compliance with full API use audit trails
  • Telemetry: Instantly add telemetry to all API requests outbound and inbound

Key Features

Multiple API Types

  • Proxy API: Synchronous requests with immediate responses
  • Asynchronous API: Queue-based processing with intelligent retry
  • Core API: Programmatic management of all platform resources

Flexible Authentication

Support for all major authentication methods, with credentials securely encrypted and stored regionally (or per deployment if you are using self-hosted).

Authorization Rules

Create sophisticated access control policies at multiple levels:

  • Credential-level rules (apply to all proxies using a credential)
  • Proxy-level rules (apply to specific proxy configurations)
  • Target-level rules (apply to all proxies using a target - coming soon)
  • Path, method, header, and query parameter matching with fine grain allow / deny logic
  • IP address based access control (coming soon)

Regional Deployment

Deploy proxies in multiple AWS regions to reduce latency and comply with data sovereignty requirements.

Contact our support team for self-hosted solutions (Business tier subscriptions only).

Next Steps