Methods and systems for api deception environment and api traffic control and security

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a proxy and from a client device, a client message intended for a server backend;
• identifying a target application programming interface (API) from the client message;
• in response to identifying that the target API is not hosted by the server backend, dynamically generating a decoy API associated with the target API;
• and
• in response to identifying that the target API is not hosted by the server backend, routing the client message via the decoy API such that network communication is initiated with the client device via the decoy API.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor of a proxy operatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
• receive, from a client device, a client message intended for a server backend;
• identify a target application programming interface (API) from the client message;
• identify the target API as a decoy API;
• and
• in response to identifying the target API as the decoy API, route the client message via the decoy API such that network communication is initiated with the client device via the decoy API.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the instructions comprising code to cause the processor to:

• in response to detecting a predefined synchronization trigger event at a proxy node from a plurality of proxy nodes included in a proxy cluster for routing client messages via a set of target Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), identify, at the proxy node a set of peer nodes from the plurality of proxy nodes included in the proxy cluster;
• select a peer node from the set of peer nodes;
• and
• initiate data state synchronization between the peer node and the proxy node to cause a data state of at least one server side parameter associated with the proxy node to synchronize with a data state of at least one server side parameter associated with the peer node.