Getting started

Learn the foundational concepts required to begin working in IBM API Studio.

IBM API Studio provides an environment to create and manage API projects efficiently. An API project contains all the assets needed to design, publish, and test an API, such as API definitions, policies, environments, and test configurations. These assets are managed together as a single unit throughout the development lifecycle.

IBM API Studio supports different ways to store these projects, depending on how you prefer to work:

Native storage

Store projects in the built-in storage provided by IBM API Studio.

Note: The IBM API Studio desktop application does not support native storage.

Local projects

Store projects on your system by setting up a local workspace. For more information, see Configuring projects folder.

VCS projects

Connect to a GitHub repository to manage projects with version control. For more information, see Configuring version control system.