Tech
June 8

Edge at Razorpay: the API gateway for DDoS-protected, high-scale environments

As a key provider of financial infrastructure in India, Razorpay facilitates transactions for prominent companies across various industries. This case study focuses on how Razorpay implemented Edge, its API gateway, to address the scalability and availability needs, as well as protect against DDoS and abusive traffic.
Talk abstract

Razorpay is one of the world's leading payment gateways, serving millions of API requests daily. With exponential customer growth, ensuring service availability at scale becomes a critical challenge. As a key provider of financial infrastructure in India, Razorpay handles transactions for major companies like Dream 11, Zomato, and IRCTC. To address the scalability and availability needs while protecting against DDoS and abusive traffic, Razorpay implemented Edge, its API gateway

Key learning points:

  • Razorpay’s journey to achieving scalability
  • Edge - architecture
  • The role of Rate Limiter plugin to ensure availability and scalability
  • Enhancements completed over traditional rate limiting
  • How we leverage machine learning by generating insights at Edge
  • What the future holds
Jay Pathak
Software Development Engineer, Razorpay

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