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Viewing managed API details and metadata

View API details, copy the API URL, and copy the URL of the page that contains API metadata details on the managed API page.
    1On the API Registry page, click the managed API.
    The managed API page appears, showing the managed API details.
    2To copy the URL of the managed API, click Copy URL.
    3To obtain the URL to view metadata details for the managed API, copy the URL of the page that contains API metadata details. One of the following buttons appears on the page, based on the protocol of the managed API:
    The URL is copied to the clipboard.
    4Use one of the following methods to view metadata details for the managed API:

API properties

View the API properties on the API page.
The following table describes the properties of the API page:
Property
Description
Name
Name of the API.
Version
Version of the API. Different versions of a managed API point to different Cloud Application Integration processes.
Service Name
Name of the Informatica Cloud Application Integration process that the managed API points to.
This field is empty for custom APIs.
Protocol
Protocol of the API. An API can use one of the following protocols:
  • - REST
  • - SOAP
Status
Status of the API. An API can have the following statuses:
  • - Active. The API is active.
  • - Inactive. The API is currently not available.
  • - Service not available. The Informatica Cloud Application Integration process that the managed API points to is unavailable or deleted. The managed API is greyed out.
Authentication Method
Managed API authentication method.
A managed API can use one of the following authentication methods:
  • - Anonymous. You invoke the managed API without authentication.
  • - Basic. To invoke the managed API, you authenticate with an Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services user name and password.
  • - OAuth 2.0. You receive OAuth 2.0 client credentials from the API Portal administrator and use them to generate an OAuth 2.0 authorization token that you then use to invoke the managed API.
  • - JSON Web Token (JWT). You generate a token in API Portal and use it to invoke the managed API. You can generate a token for a single managed API, for multiple managed APIs, and for a group of APIs.
A custom API doesn't use authentication.
Group
Group that the API belongs to.
Description
Description of the API.