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API Manager - Design First Workflow
When you import or reference an API specification to the new /apim space, a new API asset is created. The new API comprises a Pipeline that is the scaffolding for the API and the Task used to call it. You can then create versions, add API policies, set permissions, and modify the underlying SnapLogic assets to build the business logic for your API.
Create New API from existing Pipelines and Tasks
You can also create an API in the API Manager Console by referencing existing Projects in Manager. This functionality enables you, as a Pipeline designer, to complete your Pipeline building activity first. The advantage of this approach is taking advantage of your existing SnapLogic infrastructure. You can segment the design and testing activities as you build Pipelines and creates Triggered Tasks from them individually testing and vetting them for production. Once your Pipeline assets are production ready, you can create APIs in the API creation dialog windows in the 4.26 release (August 2021).
Prerequisites
- The API Management - Design First and the API Policy Manager features must be enabled. Contact SnapLogic Support to subscribe to the feature.
- This API Management - Design First feature supports the Open API Specification (OAS) 2.0.
- You should have a good understanding of the SnapLogic Manager and the SnapLogic expression language.
Support and Limitations
- For Cloudplex users, you must set up a load balancer for the API Policy Manager to work. You must use the load balancer URL in your Triggered and Ultra Task endpoints.
- Only one API policy of a type is applicable at a level in the hierarchy.
When you open a Task in an API version, you cannot change it to Scheduled (not visible). Also, the Task dialog window displays the Snaplex, but it cannot be modified.
In Designer, when you open a Pipeline in an API version, the Snaplex selector in the Edit Pipeline dialog window only shows the Snaplex instances from the global shared folder.
In Designer, the asset or account selectors in the Snap dialog window opened from a Pipeline in the API Management - /apim space, only shows assets from the global shared folder, in addition to those in the current version.
- In 4.26, you can change a Snaplex for an API Version if it is unpublished. However, clicking Edit Details from the API > Versions page displays the Server field for selecting another Snaplex, but the field is disabled if the Snaplex is down.
API Management FAQ
What is the difference between API Management and the Native API Manager?
API Management covers all aspects of managing APIs, from creation to testing, deployment, versioning, and sharing it with API consumers. The API Manager console enables you to define and create an API through importing a Swagger specification. You can also create versions and add permissions and policies at the Org/APIM, API, and version levels.
Can I still use the Native API Manager to publish Ultra and Triggered Tasks to the existing Developer Portal?
Yes. However, the Native API Manager will be deprecated in the August 2021 release and replaced by the API Portal Manager, which will be added to the API Management section of the SnapLogic Manager.
How do I enable the API Management Design First feature for the 4.25 release?
In the 4.25 release (May 2021), your Org must have the following subscription features:
- API Management feature to access the Design First features, the API Policy Manager, and the API Dashboard.
- Native API Manager to access the API Policy Manager.
Is the Native API Manager Developer Portal feature supported in the new API Management Design First feature?
No. APIs and versions created through the API Management-Design First approach are not supported in the Native API Developer Portal in the 4.25 release.
Are there plans to add a Developer Portal support to API Management?
Yes. In the August release, we plan to deliver a Developer Portal with equivalent functionality as the existing one in Native API Manager.
Can I still add API policies to projects and Tasks in the next release with API Management Design First?
Yes, you can still add policies at the Org and Project Space levels for your Ultra and Triggered Tasks.
If I have APIs on the Developer Portal published through the Native API Manager, will those APIs be compatible with the Developer Portal in the future?
SnapLogic will work with customers who currently have a Developer Portal to migrate their published APIs to the new Developer Portal that will be available in the 4.26 release. Contact customer support at support@snaplogic.com for further assistance.