Defining operations for a Path
Operations on a Path defines the mechanisms available for interacting with the API when it is called using that Path. An operation can be of various pre-defined types; for example, a POST operation is most commonly used for creating new resources, while a GET operation is used to retrieve a resource.
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- This task relates to configuring an OpenAPI 3.0 API definition. For details on how to configure an OpenAPI 2.0 API definition, see Editing an OpenAPI 2.0 API definition.
- OpenAPI 3.0 APIs are supported only with the DataPower® API Gateway, not with the DataPower Gateway (v5 compatible).
- For details of current OpenAPI 3.0 support limitations, see OpenAPI 3.0 support in IBM® API Connect.
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