Getting Started On API Publishing:
An API (Application Programming Interface) acts as a crucial layer connecting your application to the backend services. It serves as a protective shield, abstracting your application from the underlying backend code and allowing for seamless updates without impacting the consumer.
Quick Links for API Configuration
Use the following quick links to create and configure an API:
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Accessing Teams: Learn how an user can join an existing team, select their current team, or create a new team.
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Create an API: Learn how to define a new API in the Cloud Console, specifying its name, base path, and a brief description.
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Accessing APIs: Learn how to access the APIs in the Cloud Console.
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Managing APIs: A complete guide to editing, viewing, and deleting your APIs.
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Create & Manage API Versions: Understand the process of creating a new version for an existing API, allowing you to manage updates and backward compatibility.
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Create & Manage API Version Deployments: Discover how to deploy your backend services and associate them with your defined API, making them accessible to consumers.
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Enable Deployment Configurations: Configure throttling policies to control the number of requests to your API, protecting your backend from excessive load.
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Enable/Manage No-Auth Configurations: Configuring No Auth for API Resources
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Managing Scopes: Learn to define and manage scopes, which are permissions that control what parts of your API a consumer can access.
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API Restructuring: Dev & QA Environment API Refactoring Changes
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API regional deployments: API regional deployment changes
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Publishing Your API Specification: Upload your OpenAPI specification to automatically generate interactive, consumer-facing reference documentation. Built-in linting metrics and AI-driven qualitative metrics ensure your API contract adheres to the Trimble API Standard, making it consistent and easy for developers to adopt.
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API standards linting skill: Validate OpenAPI against Trimble standards using Cursor or GitHub Copilot