Application programmer interface platform with direct data center access

A method for operating an application programming interface (API) platform for accessing cloud-based software services in a cloud computing system, the method comprising:

• creating an API request with a client application, the API request including a tenant specific endpoint (TSE);
• using a unique tenant identifier and an API endpoint as a domain for the TSE, wherein the unique tenant identifier identifies a tenant associated with the API request and the API endpoint identifies a specified one of the software services;
• and
• sending the API request with the client application on behalf of the tenant, wherein the unique tenant identifier and the API endpoint in the domain of the TSE routes the API request to an IP address for the specified one of the software services in a specific data center in the cloud computing system assigned to the tenant, wherein the TSE causes the API request to be routed directly to the specific data center in the cloud computing system assigned to the tenant without going through a central routing service.

A cloud computing system comprising a set of servers to provide an application programming interface (API) platform for accessing cloud computing services, wherein the set of servers is configured to:

• receive an API request sent from a client application on behalf of a tenant, wherein:
• the API request includes a tenant specific endpoint (TSE);
• the TSE includes a domain and a path;
• the path includes a command directed to a tenant specific service among the cloud computing services, the tenant specific service being specific to the tenant;
• and
• the domain of the TSE identifier includes a unique tenant identifier of the tenant and an API endpoint for the tenant specific service in the cloud computing system;
• map a combination of the unique tenant identifier and the API endpoint in the domain of the TSE to an IP address;
• and
• route the API request directly to the tenant specific service in a data center of the cloud computing system assigned to the tenant without going through a central routing service.