Applications
An application defines the precise identifiers by which messages from a particular consumer application is recognized at run time. The identifiers can be, for example, user name in HTTP headers, a range of IP addresses, such that API Portal can identify or authenticate the applications that are requesting an API.
The ability of API Portal to relate a message to a specific application enables it to:
Control access to an API at run time (that is, allow only authorized applications to invoke an API).
Monitor an API for violations of a Service-Level Agreement (SLA) for a specified application.
Indicate the application to which a logged transaction event belongs.
Field | Description |
Name | The name of the application. |
Description | The description of the application. |
Environment | The environment from where the application is published. Move the mouse pointer over the icon to view the stage of the application. |
Purpose | Specifies the purpose of the application. For example API subscription, Package subscription. |
Owner | The name of the user who owns the application. |
Share | Option to share the application with a required user or user group (community). |
Revoke Access | Option to revoke access to the application from a user or user group. |