Membrane API Gateway Tech Talk

The Community Online Meetup

Exchange experiences with other Membrane users, discuss architectures and integrations, and ask Membrane developers your questions directly.

Each meeting has a focus topic, but there is also room for other questions and discussions.

Everybody is invited to participate. Send an email to membrane@predic8.de with the date of the meeting you want to join. You will receive an invitation with the meeting link.

The meeting takes place every last Wednesday of the month at 17:00 Central European Time (CET/CEST) — 16:00 UTC, 12:00 US Eastern Time (ET), 09:00 US Pacific Time (PT), and 21:30 India Standard Time (IST). Duration is about one hour.

Next Meetings

June 24, 2026 — OpenAPI Validation

How to validate against an OpenAPI specification
Best practices for OpenAPI design
Tooling with Spectral and Vacuum

August 26, 2026 — Building an LLM Gateway

Sharing LLM API keys within an organization
Token usage statistics
Limiting token usage
Combining API and AI Gateway features

September 30, 2026 — Legacy Integration with XML, SOAP, and WSDL

Routing SOAP requests
WSDL validation at the API Gateway
XML to JSON and JSON to XML conversion
SOAP to REST modernization

October 28, 2026 — Authentication with JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

JWT validation and signing at the API Gateway
Best practices for token security

November 25, 2026 — MCP and AI Tool Integration

API Gateway as an MCP server
MCP routing and protection

December 30, 2026 — Message Transformation

Templating with Groovy and SpEL
JSON and XML templates