IBM API Management
API management platform
IBM API Management (with version 5 renamed to IBM API Connect) is an API management platform for use in the API economy. IBM API Connect enables users to create, assemble, manage, secure and socialize web application programming interfaces (APIs).
It runs as a virtual appliance on a virtual machine using IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances as gateways.
It provides a developer portal for application developers and to view published APIs. An administration portal allows users to establish policies for APIs, such as self-registration, quotas, and key management and security policies. An analytics engine provides role-based analytics. Cloud Manager can populate the platform with servers, clusters, gateways, and user repositories.
Swagger (now called OpenAPI) and WSDL documents can be loaded and parsed into APIs. APIs can be created by describing the input and output in the API Manager user interface by configuration. APIs can then be decorated with additional data in the form of tags, binary documentation and documentation URLs.
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