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Overview
You can create and manage multiple versions of your APIs. A version of an API contains SnapLogic assets such as Pipelines, Tasks, and Open API Specification files. Clicking an API on the API Details page opens the Version Details page, where you can view details about the version and add API policies. You can also search through assets in a Version and view Permission sets.
When you are viewing an API version, you can navigate to the API Details and API Management landing page by clicking the respective folders in the folder path.
The following example illustrates the path of an API version:
API Manager - /apim/API_Test/1.1
From this view, you can click at on any component in the path to navigate to that level of the API Management hierarchy:
API Management > API Manager: Landing Page
API: API_Test
Version: 1.1
Prerequisites
Your Org must have a subscription to the API Management feature; otherwise, the API Management UI is not enabled.
You must have Write permissions to create an API.
To create API version using Git, you need to be a Git-authenticated user.
API Manager
You can navigate to the API Manager console by clicking Manager > API Management > API Manager.
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Navigate to API Management > API Manager, and click the target API to display the API Details page.
Click the Versions tab, then click
to display the Create Version dialog window.
In the Create API version dialog window, import the API Specification by selecting one of the following options, then click Continue:
Select Upload File to choose a file from your local machine. Both JSON and YAML file formats are supported.
Select Enter URL to refer to the API specification by URL.
Select/deselect the Import Configuration options, then click Import and Continue.
The options for import are selected by default.Create Specification: Select to include the specification as a File Asset in the API. Both Deselect to omit the specification file you uploaded.
Create Endpoints from Path: Select to include all default Assets for this API. Deselect to leave the API an empty container for you to provide the Assets later.
Enter information about your Version, then click Create.
General Info: Provide basic information about your API. The name is the API name plus the version number.
Description: Enter a brief description.
Version: Define the version. By default, the version is 1.0 when you create an API for the first time.
Tags: Enter any tags associated with your API.
Endpoint Configuration: The base path for the endpoint.
Server Configuration: Enter the Snaplex associated with this API.
You must enter a name and Snaplex. You can also change the version from this dialog window, and therefore create another version of the API.
After you create a version of an API, the Version asset is displayed on the Versions Details page. You can view information about the assets used in the API version by clicking it.
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Navigate to API Management > API Manager, and click the target API to display the API Details page.
Click the Versions tab, then click
to display the Create Version dialog window.
In the Create API version dialog window, select Create from Existing Project, then click Continue:
In the Create API Version-Select Assets dialog window, select/deselect the assets from the Project to use in the API Version, then click Import and Continue.
An Asset selected at the root level also imports the leaf-level Assets.
Enter information about your API Version, then click Create.
General Info: Provide basic information about your API. The name is the API name plus the version number.
Description: Enter a brief description.
Version: Define the version. By default, the version is 1.0 when you create an API for the first time.
Tags: Enter any tags associated with your API.
Endpoint Configuration: The base path for the endpoint.
Server Configuration: Enter the Snaplex associated with this API.
You must enter a name and Snaplex. You can also change the version from this dialog window, and therefore create another version of the API.
After you create a version of an API, the Version asset is displayed on the Versions Details page. You can view information about the assets used in the API version by clicking it.
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Navigate to API Management > API Manager, and click the target API to display the API Details page.
Click the Versions tab, then click
to display the Create Version dialog window.
In the Create API version dialog window, select Create Empty API Version click Continue.
Enter information about your Version, then click Create.
General Info: Provide basic information about your API. The name is the API name plus the version number.
Description: Enter a brief description.
Version: Define the version. By default, the version is 1.0 when you create an API for the first time.
Tags: Enter any tags associated with your API.
Endpoint Configuration: The base path for the endpoint.
Server Configuration: Enter the Snaplex associated with this API.
You must enter a name and Snaplex. You can also change the version from this dialog window, and therefore create another version of the API.
After you create a version of an API, the Version asset is displayed on the Versions Details page. You can view information about the assets used in the API version by clicking it.
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You must delete all of the Assets in a Version before you can delete the Version. |
Navigate to API Management > API Manager, click the target API to display the API details page.
Click the Versions tab and point your cursor on the target Version.
The delete icon is displayed.
Click
to delete the API Version, then click Delete on the confirmation prompt.
The API Version is deleted from the API Manager console.
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You can manage the Assets in your API Version on the Assets tab of your API Version. You can search for the following Asset types:
Starting in the November 2022 release, the Assets tab no longer displays Snap Packs or provides the option of adding Snap Packs to your Version. This removal is part of a broader effort to optimize space in the UI. In APIM, you can use the global shared folder of your Org as the repository of shared Snap Packs and other referenced Assets. Also, existing Snap Packs in your Version display when you click All.
Adding an Asset
In Manager > API Management > API Manager, navigate to the target version and click to display the Version Details page.
Click
to open the assets menu
Select one of the following choices:
Accounts. Opens the Create Account dialog where you make Account selections.
File. Opens the Upload File dialog.
Pipeline. Opens the blank Designer canvas where you build your Pipeline.
Task. Opens the Create Task dialog where you create your Task.
Complete the required dialogs associated with the type of Asset.
Moving an Asset
You can move your API version Assets from one version to another version in the same API or to another version in a different API.
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To move an Asset:
In Manager > API Management > API Manager, navigate to the target version and click to display the Version Details page.
Click the Assets tab.
You can filter by Asset type by clicking one of the following pills.
All. Click to display all Assets.
Accounts. Click to filter by Accounts.
Directories. Click to filter by directories created with Task debug details from your Task.
Files. Click to filter by files.
Pipeline. Click to filter by Pipelines.
Task. Click to filter by Tasks.
Click
to display the APIM project tree, then select the destination API version.
Click Move on the Move Asset(s) confirmation prompt.
If one or more Assets with the same name exist in the API version, the Error occurred while moving Asset(s) prompt appears.
Choose one of the following options:
Stop: Cancels the entire operation, and the specified Assets are not moved to the destination version.
Skip: Does not move the selected Asset if an existing Asset in the destination version has the same name.
Overwrite: Replaces the asset with the same name in the destination version with the specified Asset.
Select Apply to all to skip moving or to overwrite the Assets in the destination version.
Copying an Asset
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You cannot copy Files into the same API Version. If you copy Pipelines, Tasks, or Account to the same API Version, then the copied Assets overwrite the original Asset. |
In Manager > API Management > API Manager, navigate to the target API Version and click it to display the Version Details page.
Click the Assets tab:
Select the target assets and click the
to copy. You cannot copy Directories or Snap Packs.When the Copy Assets dialog appears, select a destination API version. If Files are selected, the Destination picker does not display the same folder:
Click Copy.
If one or more Assets with the same name exist in the API version, the Error occurred while copying Asset(s) dialog appears.
Choose one of the following options:
Stop: Cancels the entire operation, and the specified Assets are not moved to the destination version.
Skip: Does not copy the selected Asset if an existing Asset in the destination version has the same name.
Overwrite: Replaces the Asset with the same name in the destination version with the specified Asset.
Select Apply to all to skip moving or to overwrite the Assets in the destination Version.
When Pipelines are copied to the same destination Version, the copied Pipeline is added with the following name:
Copy of pipeline_name
The original Pipeline remains in the destination Version.
Deleting an Asset
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WARNING: Deleting assets of a published API can adversely affect its endpoints and any subscriptions to it. In addition, unexpected errors can occur when running pipelines that depend on those assets. |
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The November 2022 release introduces the soft delete of Assets, which sends them to the Recycle Bin in Manager instead of permanently deleting them from the platform. A soft delete provides a safeguard against breaking published APIs on your Developer Portal by mistakenly deleting Assets in API Versions. Now you can remove Version Assets from APIM easily without inadvertently deleting an endpoint. Previously, only a permanent deletion from the entire platform was supported for Version Assets. |
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In Manager > API Management > API Manager, navigate to the target API Version and click it to display the Version Details page.
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Click the Assets tab.
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Select the Asset to delete and click the trash icon ( ). You can select multiple Version Assets.
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The Delete confirmation message appears:
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Click Delete.
Verify the deleted Assets by navigating to the Manager Recycle Bin for your Org:
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Changing the Snaplex of a Task
You can change the Snaplex a Task runs on if the API Version is unpublished. You cannot change the Snaplex of a Task if the API is already published.
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In Manager > API Management > API Manager, navigate to the target API Version and click it to display the Version Details page.
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Click the Assets tab.
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Click the target Task to open the Update Task dialog.
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In the Snaplex field, click to open the dropdown list of Snaplexes available in the Org’s global shared folder:
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Create the API version from a Git repository
You can create the API version from the Git repository as shown below:
In the API Manager page, click on the API:
Click on the Versions tab:
Click on the the add icon (
) and a pop-up wizard Create API version is displayed:
In Create API version wizard, select Create from Git Checkout:
Choose the Git Repository from field Repository and choose the branch from the field Branches/Tags:
Click Continue and enter in the rest of the details, then click Create:
Your API version is created from Git Repository:
Edit API Version
You can edit the API Version with the below steps:
Navigate to API Manager > API > Versions:
Click the Version you want to edit:
Click Edit Details to update the Version:
Click Save. A message “Version details has been updated successfully” displays in the UI.
You can only edit the Version of the unpublished APIs.
Unpublish the API to edit the API Version.
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You must delete all of the Assets in a Version before you can delete the Version. |
Navigate to API Management > API Manager, click the target API to display the API details page.
Click the Versions tab and point your cursor on the target Version.
The delete icon is displayed.Click
to delete the API Version, then click Delete on the confirmation prompt.
The API Version is deleted from the API Manager console.