API creation and configuration

Use access settings to mark a flow service as private, including API creation and configuration steps.

About this task

To run an API from webMethods API Gateway, use the internal URL displayed on the Overview page and follow these steps.

Procedure

  1. Click Create Alias to generate an Alias name in the webMethods API Gateway.
  2. Select Technical information option. In the Default value field, paste the Internal URL.
    Note: In the Technical Information page, enter only the domain name, not the full URL. For example, if your internal URL is http://<domain-name>/<URL-path>, enter http://<domain-name> as the technical URL.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Create an API from scratch. See the Creating an API from Scratch section in the webMethods API Gateway documentation.
  5. Go to the Policies menu, click Edit, and modify the Routing rule. For example, if your routing endpoint URI is http://<domain-name>/<URL-path>, replace http://<domain-name> with ${aliasname}.
  6. Click Transport under the Policies menu and enable the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
  7. Click Save.
  8. Activate the API and copy the Gateway Endpoint for invocation.
  9. Use Postman or another tool to start the API.