Custom Plugins

Tyk supports the use of the following plugins to extend Tyk functionality:

• Python, Lua, gRPC (Rich Plugins)
• JavaScript Plugins (JSVM Middleware)
• Golang native plugins

inside the following areas of the API Request Lifecycle

• Authentication Plugins
• Request Plugins
• Response Plugins

Plugin Caveats

• They must run as a single process.
• The plugins used must be specified in an API definition and are not global across APIs.
• They must manage API-specific cases in the same process, only one CoProcess will be managed by a Tyk Instance.