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Overview
You can create application entries and subscribe to APIs To use an API in the Developer Portal.An application entry in the Developer Portal is a declaration of your intent to use one or more of the APIs, you must:
Create an entry for your application. The application entry holds the Client ID and Client Secret that the server needs to identify your application as an approved consumer of the APIs.
Subscribe to the APIs
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you need to call.
Wait for your subscription to be approved. New subscriptions are approved by an Org admin in the Applications tab of the Subscription Manager.
Call the APIs using the subscription key.
Create an Application Entry
In the Developer Portal, go to the Applications page, and click Create New Application.
In the Create Application dialog, enter the Application Name, and select Web or Mobile in the Type field. You can also add a description.
If you want to subscribe to an API, click Create and Continue. This will open the Create Subscription dialog.
If not, click Create and Exit to create your application entry and exit the Create Application dialog.
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Subscribe to an API
In the Create Subscription dialog, use the API Search field to find an API you want to subscribe to and click the API card to select it.
After selecting all the APIs you want, click Continue.
NOTE: You can subscribe only to APIs that allow subscription.
In the Subscription tab, you can add an optional comment to your selected APIs. Click Continue.
In the Register tab, you will see a summary page of your application entry and the APIs you selected.
Click Register to submit your application entry and subscription request.
On the Applications page, applications application entries with pending or approved API subscriptions have a key icon (
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To show the status of the subscription, click on the application card. The status can be Active, Revoked, or Pending.
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In the Developer Portal, go to the Applications page, and click the edit icon (
) to edit your application. You can change the Application Name, Type, or Description.
You can also manage your Client Secret.
Click the copy icon (
) under Client Secret to copy it to your clipboard. Your subscription must already be approved.Click Refresh Secret to increase extend the expiration date of your secret key by a year.
Click Regenerate Secret to generate a new secret key and refresh the expiration. Regenerating the secret key updates the secret key of all subscriptions associated with this application. The new secret key will automatically be saved whether you click Save or not.
Click Save.
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Call the API Using Your Application’s Client Secret
After your API subscription is approved, you can use your application's client secret as your API Key to access an approved API.
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