Setting API properties
In addition to the pre-supplied API properties that you can use to control the behavior of API Connect policies, you can define your own API properties. The properties that you define can be referenced in your API definitions.
About this task
Note: This task relates to configuring an OpenAPI 2.0 API definition. For details
on how to configure an OpenAPI 3.0 API definition, see Editing an OpenAPI 3.0 API
definition.
You can complete this task either by using the API Designer UI application, or by using the browser based API Manager UI.
API properties include property name, value, and, optionally a specific Catalog to which a
property value applies. For a list of pre-supplied API properties relating to various policies, see
API properties.
Note: Once defined, an API property is read
only.
For information on how to reference a property in an API definition, see Variable references in API Connect.
It is also possible to define properties that are specific to a Catalog and can be referenced by
any of the APIs in that Catalog; for more information, see Creating and configuring Catalogs.
Note: If you define a Catalog property of the same name as
an API property, the API property takes precedence over the Catalog property.
Procedure
To set API properties, complete the following steps: