Publishing REST API Descriptors to API Portal
You can publish REST API descriptors (RAD) created on Integration Server to webMethods API Portal. API Portal is a web-based portal that allows organizations to securely expose different types of APIs to external users. You must use Designer to connect to API Portal, and publish the RADs.
You can select one or more RADs in Designer for publishing to API Portal. You can update the details of an already published descriptor on API Portal. However, you cannot retract an already published descriptor. Instead, you can delete the published descriptors from API Portal, if required.
Before you can publish RADs to
API Portal, you must define a connection configuration in
Designer. For information about working with connection configurations for
API Portal, see
Connecting to
webMethods API Portal
for Publishing REST API Descriptors.
To publish a REST API descriptor
1. In the Package Navigator view of Designer, right-click the RAD you want to publish and select Publish.
If you want to publish multiple RADs in a folder or a package, right-click the particular folder or package and select Publish.
Note:
If you want to update details of a RAD that is already published to API Portal, you can select the particular descriptor for publishing. In such a situation, Integration Server overwrites the existing details for that descriptor on API Portal.
2. In the Asset Publish dialog box, select API Portal as the destination for publishing the descriptors and click Next.
The Publish Assets toAPI Portal dialog box lists the API descriptor you selected in Step 1. If you selected a folder or a package, all the descriptors in the particular folder or package are selected in the dialog box.
3. In the Publish Assets to API Portaldialog box, refine your selection of API descriptors by selecting or clearing the appropriate check boxes, and click Finish.
The publish process starts for the RADs that you selected. Designer displays the results of the publish process for the selected descriptors on the Published Metadata screen.
Note:
For information about the errors that occur during the publish process, see the Integration Server server log.