Exploring the APIs

Use the IBM® Cloud Application Performance Management APIs to create scripts for automating the onboarding of your Cloud APM environment. From the Cloud APM API-managed service offering in API Explorer on IBM developerWorks®, you can access and explore the available Resource Group Management Service API, Threshold Management Service API, and Role-Based access control Service API.

Before you begin

You must have an active Cloud APM subscription to get a client ID key and run API operations.

Procedure

  1. Open the API Explorer in your browser: https://developer.ibm.com/api.
  2. Sign in with your IBMid.
  3. In the Search All APIs field, enter performance management and click Search icon.
  4. Select the IBM Cloud Application Performance Management API tile.
  5. Click Documentation on the left side of the API Explorer window.
  6. Select the specific API.
  7. Select the sub section to expand the list of API operations.
  8. To proceed, you need an active Cloud APM subscription. Complete one of the following steps:
    1. If you don't already have a Cloud APM subscription, Sign up for a free 30-day trial subscription.
    2. If you already have a subscription, sign in by clicking My APIs to test some of the API operations within API Explorer.
    When your subscription is active and you are signed in to the API Explorer page, you see a list of your API subscriptions.
  9. Select an API operation for more details.
  10. Select one of the languages (such as shell or curl) at the top of the API Explorer page to view a request example.
  11. Retrieve your client ID key and your client secret key and store them in a safe place for external use.
    Send your client ID and client secret keys with each time API request. You must have a Cloud APM subscription to complete this action.

What to do next

For more information about how to run API operations, see the following topics: