Configuring a SOAP API definition
You can configure the details for a SOAP API definition. For example, you can select the service endpoint to which requests are sent.
Before you begin
- Adding a SOAP API definition by using a WSDL file
Adding a SOAP API by
discovering a service from a registry
Important: If you are using API Connect in the
cloud, then the services that you expose must be visible on the Internet, they must not be
accessible only from within your corporate intranet. However, you can use TLS profiles configured in
API Manager to protect the communication channel between the API Gateway in API Connect and the
services that you expose on the Internet through your DMZ. You can also use the IBM® Cloud Secure Gateway service
to provide secure access to your on-premises services from IBM API Connect for IBM Cloud; for more
information, see About Secure Gateway.
About this task
Procedure
To configure a SOAP API definition, complete the following steps:
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If you have not previously pinned the UI navigation pane then
click the Navigate to icon
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The API Manager UI navigation pane opens. To pin the UI navigation pane, click the Pin menu icon
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Click Drafts in the UI navigation pane, and then click APIs.
The APIs tab opens.
- Click the name of the SOAP API definition that you want to configure.
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Configure the SOAP API definition as you would a REST API definition.
Paths, operations, and definitions have already been created. In the assembly view, there is a proxy policy that invokes the service's URL. In the source view, additional configuration for your SOAP API can be found that is not displayed in the design view. For more information about configuring an API definition, see Composing a REST API definition.