Creating an IMS z/OS Connect API

Learn how to use the z/OS Connect Designer and create a z/OS Connect API project to call the example IMS Phonebook program. Then, test your z/OS Connect API with the built-in Open Liberty REST Client.

zosConnect-3.0 Applies to zosConnect-3.0.

Containers Applies to z/OS Connect container deployments.

See how to download the necessary files for and set up the IMS Phonebook sample application, then create a workspace on your local workstation and run the z/OS Connect Designer with Docker Desktop.

You then use the z/OS Connect Designer to import the OpenAPI definition that is supplied with the GitHub sample and configure your API project. The z/OS Connect Designer is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. IMS phonebook API project in z/OS Connect Designer
Screen capture to show the IMS phonebook API project in z/OS Connect Designer, viewing the GET operation with the API request into the z/OS Asset request mapping panel open.