1. A method to locally install remotely-served application programming interface (API) instances, the method comprising: receiving a request for a local datacenter to install a local instance of an API served from a remote API provider; storing at least one of a local copy of the API and a pointer to a remote copy of the API at the local datacenter; in response to a determination that the local instance of the API can be installed at the local datacenter, installing the local instance of the API at the local datacenter wherein the local instance of the API is installed from at least one of the local copy of the API and the pointer to the remote copy of the API; and routing subsequent requests from a same source that provided the request to the local instance of the API.