About this task
If you push (export) your REST API to an
IBM API Management server, you
can use the
IBM API Management server to perform the following tasks:
- Promote and monitor the usage of the REST API.
- Secure and authenticate access requests from external users and applications to your IBM Integration Bus application.
For information about supported versions of
IBM API Management, see the
IBM Integration Bus system
requirements web page.
When you push a REST API to an
IBM API Management server, you either create a new REST API definition or, if a REST
API definition already exists on the
IBM API Management server, you replace the
latest revision of the REST API definition on the
IBM API Management server with
the definition of your REST API.
Note: The title of the REST API is used to identify the REST API
definition on the IBM API Management server.
The REST API is pushed
to the IBM API Management sandbox environment. You can then use the API Manager user interface to create a plan, add the REST API to the plan,
and test the API by using the integrated test tool. When you have verified that the REST API is
defined and implemented correctly, you can publish the plan so that the REST API is visible to
application developers.
What to do next
Check that your REST API is defined and implemented correctly by adding the REST API to an
IBM API Management plan, and then using the integrated test tool in the
API Manager; see
Testing an API with the API Manager test tool.