7.1 Managing Applications

Secure API Manager requires you to create an application in the Store to use the APIs. You can have one or more APIs in an application. Secure API Manager uses applications that you create in the Store to manage subscriptions, throttling, and access to the APIs. It also allows you to combine multiple APIs to provide additional functionality through the API.

7.1.1 Creating Applications

You create an application to be able to use one or more APIs that are available in the Store. You or someone else must have created the API and published the API in the Store for you to use it. By default, Secure API Manager creates a DefaultApplication with unlimited access for you to use.

  1. Log in to the Store using the account your Secure API Manager administrator gave you.

    https://lifecycle-manager-dns-name:9444/store

  2. Click the Applications tab, then click Add Application.

  3. Use the following information to create the application:

    Name

    Specify a name for your application. It is the name that appears in the table on the Applications tab.

    Per Token Quota

    Select the quota of access tokens that Secure API Manager allows for the API. Secure API Manager shares the allocated quota among all the subscribed APIs of the application. You can have:

    • Unlimited

    • 50PerMin

    • 20PerMin

    • 10PerMin

    Description

    Specify a description of what the application does. This description appears in the table on the Applications tab.

    Token Type

    Secure API Manager only supports OAuth tokens at this time.

  4. Click Add to create the application.

  5. View the details of the new application, then close the window.

To add APIs to the application, you must access the appropriate API and subscribe to the application. For more information, see Subscribing to APIs.

7.1.2 Editing Applications

You can edit applications any time you need to make changes to them.

  1. Log in to the Store using the account your Secure API Manager administrator gave you.

    https://lifecycle-manager-dns-name:9444/store

  2. Click the Applications tab.

  3. Find the appropriate application in the table, then click the name of the application.

  4. Click the Edit icon next to the name of the application.

  5. Make the appropriate changes, then click Update.

7.1.3 Deleting Applications

You can delete applications at any time.

  1. Log in to the Store using the account your Secure API Manager administrator gave you.

    https://lifecycle-manager-dns-name:9444/store

  2. Click the Applications tab.

  3. Find the appropriate application in the table.

  4. Click the Delete icon in the row for the application, then confirm the deletion.