Changing the ownership of an API

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Before you begin

Ensure that you have the Change owner privilege to perform this task.

About this task

You can configure an approval process for the change of ownership to take effect, as you require.

In this example, user1 is the owner of an API petstore. The ownership of the petstore API must be changed to user2 through an approval process.

Procedure

  1. Open the menu options and select APIs.
  2. Click petstore.
    The API details page appears. The owner of the API petstore is user1 as displayed in the Basic information section.
  3. Click Edit icon.
  4. Select user2 from the list and click Change icon.
    The change approval process is initiated. An approval request is sent to the approver.
    Note: If the approval flow is not configured, the owner of the API changes to user2 and a success message appears. Skip to step 7.
  5. The approver approves the request that resides in the Pending Requests section of the webMethods API Gateway UI.
    Note: The approver can click Reject to reject the request for ownership change if the request is invalid. A reject notification is sent to the requester and the ownership of petstore remains with user1.
  6. Click Change ownership request details to view the request details.
    The Request details dialog box appears. The approval notification is sent to the requester.
  7. The owner of the API petstore is changed from user1 to user2.