Distributed API accounting

A system for processing application programming interface (API) requests, comprising:

• memory;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
• receive a plurality of local counter values from a plurality of computing devices distributed throughout a computing system, the plurality of local counter values corresponding to one or more API service counter identifiers;
• receive, from a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices, a status update request associated with a first API service counter identifier;
• aggregate, based on the first API service counter identifier, one or more of the plurality of local counter values received from the plurality of computing devices and associated with the first API service counter identifier to produce a first aggregated local counter value;
• determine if the first aggregated local counter value associated with the first API service counter identifier meets a threshold value;
• and
• provide a status indicator to the first computing device indicating that the aggregated local counter value associated with the first API service counter identifier meets or exceeds the threshold value.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors for performing a method of processing application programming interface (API) requests in a computing system, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of local counter values from a plurality of computing devices distributed throughout the computing system, the plurality of local counter values corresponding to one or more API service counter identifiers;
• receiving, from a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices, a status update request associated with a first API service counter identifier;
• aggregating, based on the first API service counter identifier, one or more of the plurality of local counter values received from the plurality of computing devices and associated with the first API service counter identifier to produce a first aggregated local counter value;
• determining if the first aggregated local counter value associated with the first API service counter identifier meets a threshold value;
• and
• providing a status indicator to the first computing device indicating that the aggregated local counter value associated with the first API service counter identifier meets or exceeds the threshold value.