Getting started

To get started, prepare your environment, create and publish an API, subscribe to it, and then call your API to see it in action.

Before you begin

Before you log in to API Connect, make sure that you meet the following requirements:
  • A webMethods Hybrid Integration account
  • An active subscription. Contact your subscription administrator for the access.
  • A service instance (environment).

Procedure

  1. Provision the API Connect capability.
    You must have iPaaS admin or owner privileges to provision the API Connect capability. For more information, see Adding and managing capabilities.
  2. To log in to IBM® API Connect, on the home page, in My capabilities section, click the API Connect link.
  3. Create, deploy, and publish REST APIs.
    1. To create a REST API, follow the instructions starting from step 2 in Creating a proxy rest API definition.
    2. To publish your API, follow the instructions starting from step 3 in Publishing an API.
  4. Subscribe to the API.
    The consumer organization subscribes to APIs in the Consumer Catalog. For more information, see Working with the subscriptions in a Product.
  5. Call the API.
    The consumer organization calls the created API. For more information, see Calling an API.