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.