[V5.0.7 or later]

Developer toolkit tutorials for V5.0.7 and later

Tutorials for using the developer toolkit in IBM® API Connect Version 5.0.7 and later.

Note: For tutorials about working with the developer toolkit in IBM API Connect Version 5.0.6 and earlier, see Developer toolkit tutorials for V5.0.6 and earlier.

With the developer toolkit tutorials you can either create API definitions that invoke an existing API implementation, or you can create your own API implementations with LoopBack®.

The following diagrams show the sequential flow through the IBM API Connect Developer toolkit tutorials. Before beginning a tutorial, ensure that you have completed the previous tutorials in the sequence. You can click a tutorial in the diagram to open the instructions for that tutorial.
Working with LoopBack projects
Tutorial flow diagram for working with LoopBack projects Installing the toolkit Tutorial: Creating a LoopBack project from the command line Tutorial: Creating a model and a data source from the command line Tutorial: Creating a model and a data source in the API Designer Tutorial: Testing a LoopBack project Tutorial: Publishing a project from the command line Tutorial: Staging and publishing a project from the API Designer
Working with API definitions that call an existing endpoint
Tutorial flow diagram for API definitions that call an existing endpoint Installing the toolkit Prerequisites Tutorial: Creating and publishing an API definition from the command line Tutorial: Creating an invoke REST API definition Using the Developer Portal Tutorial: Securing an API with a client ID and client secret Tutorial: Securing APIs by using an LDAP user registry Tutorial: Securing an API by using OAuth 2.0

The following sections contain the tutorials that take you through each of these scenarios: