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Creating and deleting a managed API

You can create a managed API for any Informatica Cloud Application Integration service. By default, the managed API is active and API Portal view for the API is enabled. The name that you assign to the API is part of the API URL.
    1On the API Registry page, select Available Services.
    The API Registry page list only services for which you can create a managed API.
    2Click to open the Actions menu of the service to create a managed API for and select Create Managed API.
    The Create Managed API page appears.
    3Enter a name for the API or accept the default name, and click Create.
    The name and version combination must be unique in the organization. The name can contain up to 50 characters, including any letter on the ASCII table, any digit, and the special characters . _ and -. The name can't contain spaces or any of the following characters: / ` " ' < > & : ~ ! @ # ; % ^ * + = { } | , \ $ ? ( ) .
    Note: A managed API name can't contain the keyword "_default" because "_default" is reserved for Informatica internal use.
    API Manager creates the managed API. The managed API is listed under Managed APIs. The service that you created the managed API from is no longer listed under Available Services.
    4By default, API Portal view is enabled. To disable API Portal view, clear Available on API Portal.
    The managed API does not show on the API Portal. API consumers can access the managed API with the Managed API URL.
    5Optionally, click Add to Group to add the API to a group.
    You can create a new group and add the API to the group or add the API to an existing group. For more information, see API groups.
    6If you created the managed API from a service that uses basic authentication, select one or more of the following methods:
    For more information, see Authentication and authorization.
    To delete a managed API, in the API Registry page, select the API, click to open the Actions menu, and select Delete Managed API. The Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services service on which the API is based is not affected.
    If the API is active, API Manager deactivates the API before it deletes it.