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WU500G- Develop, Publish, Manage, and Secure APIs with IBM API Connect V5.0

Course outline

4 days
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Duration

4 days

Overview

This course is also available as self-paced virtual (e-learning) course Develop, Publish, Manage, and Secure APIs with IBM API Connect V5.0 (ZU500G). This option does not require any travel.

In this course, you learn how to build a Loopback application with the IBM API Connect toolkit.

You define an API interface that conforms to the Swagger 2.0 OpenAPI specification.

You assemble an API implementation in the API Designer web interface. You stage, publish, and secure APIs in an API gateway.

This course also teaches application developers how to register API applications in the Developer Portal.

The course teaches you how to customize the home page of the Developer Portal.

This course includes Early Release material.

Learning Journeys or Training Paths that reference this course:

  • API Connect

Audience

This course is intended for API developers.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, students should have a general knowledge of application programming interfaces, Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture, and Node.js programming. To acquire this knowledge, students can attend the following self-paced course:

  • VY102 ERC 3.0: Developing REST APIs with Node.js for IBM Bluemix.

Key topics

Course introduction

Introduction to IBM API Connect V5.0

Create an API with the API Connect toolkit

Exercise: Introduction to IBM API Connect

Define an API with the API Designer

Implement an API as a Node.js Loopback application

Exercise: Create a LoopBack application

Implement and publish LoopBack API applications

Exercise: Customize and deploy an application

Secure an API with security definitions

Exercise: Configure and secure an API

Assemble an API in the API Designer

Exercise: Advanced API assembly

Publish APIs

Exercise: Working with API Products

Use an API through the Developer Portal

Exercise: API consumer experience

Exercise case study

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Explain the role of IBM API Connect V5.0 in a digital ecosystem
  • Identify the API creation, run, manage, and secure features in IBM API Connect V5
  • Create an API with the API Connect toolkit
  • Define an API interface with the API Designer
  • Call an existing system API
  • Implement an API as a Node.js LoopBack application
  • Secure an API with OAuth 2.0 authorization
  • Assemble API message flows in API Designer
  • Publish API and Products with API Management Server
  • Create an application on the Developer Portal that uses an API

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.