To use APIs you must have access tokens to authenticate to and use the API. Instead of generating an access token each time you use an API, Secure API Manager generates a single access token for each API you use by having you create an application. The application allows you to subscribe to one or more APIs. Secure API Manager generates the access token through the application.
Secure API Manager provides a Swagger interface that allows you to test and invoke the APIs to ensure that they work. You access the API Console through each available API in the Store. The API Console helps you to test and invoke the APIs through the application.
To use the APIs, you must ensure that you have created an application that calls the appropriate API or APIs that you want to use. You can use more than one API in an application. To use the APIs:
Create an application on the Applications tab in the Store. For more information, see Creating Applications.
Access the application through the appropriate API, then subscribe to the application. For more information, see Subscribing to APIs.
Test or invoke the API through the API Console. Each API type requires different steps to test or invoke the API. For more information, see Invoking or Testing the APIs.
Use the following information to subscribe to and use the appropriate API type for your project.