Overview

This course is also available as classroom course Create, Secure, and Publish APIs with IBM API Connect v2018 (WD514G).

This course teaches you how to create, publish, and secure APIs with IBM API Connect V2018. You build Node.js API applications with the LoopBack framework. You define API interfaces according to the OpenAPI specification. You assemble message processing policies and define client authorization schemes, such as OAuth 2.0, in the API definition. You publish APIs and make them available on a secure gateway and on the Developer Portal.

IBM Customers and Sellers: If you are interested in this course, consider purchasing it as part of one of these Individual or Enterprise Subscriptions:

• IBM Learning for Automation Individual Subscription (SUBR021G)
• IBM Learning for Automation Enterprise Subscription (SUBR005G)
• IBM Learning Individual Subscription with Red Hat Learning Services (SUBR023G)

Audience

This course is designed for API developers: software developers who define and implement API operations.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should successfully complete course VY102G, Developing REST APIs with Node.js for IBM Bluemix (no longer available).

Objective

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Create APIs in API Connect
• Implement APIs with the LoopBack Node.js framework
• Create message processing policies that transform API requests and responses
• Authorize client API requests with security definitions
• Enforce an OAuth flow with an OAuth 2.0 API security
• Publish, and test APIs on the API Connect cloud

Course Outline

IBM API Connect V2018 overview

Exercise: Review the API Connect development and runtime environmentAPI Connect development platformCreating an API definitionExercise: Create an API definition from an existing API

Defining APIs that call REST and SOAP servicesExercise: Define an API that calls an existing SOAP service

Implementing APIs with the LoopBack frameworkExercise: Create a LoopBack application

LoopBack models, properties, and relationshipsDefining data sources with connectors

Exercise: Define LoopBack data sourcesImplementing remote methods and event hooks

Exercise: Implement event-driven functions with remote and operation hooksAssembling message processing policies

Exercise: Assemble message processing policiesDeclaring client authorization requirements Creating an OAuth 2.0 provider

Exercise: Declare an OAuth 2.0 provider and security requirementDeploying an API to a Docker containerExercise: Deploy an API implementation to a container runtime environment

Publishing and managing products and APIs

Exercise: Define and publish an API productSubscribing and testing APIs

Exercise: Subscribe and test APIs