Portal Manager

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Overview

The API Management > Portal Manager is the administrative console where Org admins can manage the lifecycle of APIs. Org admins can use the Portal Manager to create a Developer Portal for API developers to publish their APIs. The Developer Portal is the public-facing page where users can explore your APIs.

Key Features

Portal Manager

You can use the Portal Manager to publish, unpublish, deprecate, and retire versions of APIs. 

Watch this video for a demonstration of using the Portal Manager to publish an API.

Learn more at Managing the API Lifecycle.

Developer Portal

You can customize the appearance and URLs of the Developer Portal landing page and manage the API categories displayed in the Developer Portal. 

Watch this video for a demonstration of how to set up the Developer Portal for your Org.

Learn more at Managing your Developer Portal Settings.




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Prerequisites

You must be an Org admin to perform most of the operations in this article.

Searching for APIs in the Portal Manager

The Portal Manager features a table of all the APIs that are available in your API Catalog. You can search for APIs and manage their status in the Portal Manager.

Finding an API Asset by Type

  1. In Manager, click Portal Manager.

  2. In the Search field, enter a term.

  3. In the Filter by Type dropdown, pick one of the following based on your criteria:

    • API

    • Proxy

Finding an API by Status

  1. In Manager, click Portal Manager.

  2. Enter a term in the Search field

  3. In the Filter by Status dropdown, select one of the following based on your criteria:

    1. Published

    2. Deprecated

Managing Developer Portal Status for your APIs in Portal Manager

You can publish, unpublish, republish, deprecate, and retire APIs directly in the Portal Manager.

You can also open the API version dialog by clicking the target API and then change its status on the API > Version Details tab. Learn more about publishing, unpublishing, republishing, deprecating, and retiring versions of an API in Managing the API Lifecycle.

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