API Endpoints are characterized as either Consumer or Provider Endpoints. API Consumer Endpoints are automatically created in the CIC Cockpit when Web Service Consumer objects are created in CIC Studio and deployed to the Integration Server. API Provider Endpoints are created in CIC Cockpit and represent the APIs that can be consumed by the user of this endpoint.
Both Endpoint types reflect API requests and responses in your integration. The details of these messages and responses can be viewed from the CIC Cockpit.
Any integration using these Endpoints is driven by the Integration Engine and CIC Studio. API Endpoints are not available to be used in Data Flows in the CIC Cockpit. They are, however, used by CIC Cockpit to display Job information on the Job List page and Job Details page.
API Consumer Endpoints
API Consumer Endpoints (shown below) are auto-generated in the CIC Cockpit when Web Service (WS) Consumer objects are created in CIC Studio and deployed to the Integration Server. Multiple WS Consumer objects referencing the same host and vault alias value (if applicable) are combined into a single API Consumer Endpoint, which can be viewed from the Jobs page.
Changes to API Consumer Endpoints in the CIC Cockpit are limited to renaming only. This type of Endpoint cannot be created or deleted directly from the CIC Cockpit.
API Provider Endpoints
You create API Provider Endpoints in the CIC Cockpit when Web Service (WS) Provider objects have been created in CIC Studio and deployed to the Integration Server.
API Provider Endpoint Attributes
The API Provider Endpoint has the following attributes:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| APIs | Displays a list of the APIs selected for this Endpoint. If no APIs have been selected, the Select APIs link is displayed. Click the link to see a list of APIs you can choose from. If a list of APIs is displayed, you can click the Edit button to add or remove APIs from the list. Each line item in the APIs list shows the API name and authentication method. If the authentication method is OAuth2, the Access Token URL field contains the address you would use to obtain an access token. See Using OAuth2 with API Endpoints. The Access Token URL field does not contain any value for an API using Basic Authentication. |
| Authentication | Displays the type of authentication employed for the APIs listed above. The authentication type is defined as part of the API itself. Possible types are Basic, OAuth2, and Custom. See Using Basic Authentication with API Endpoints and Using OAuth2 with API Endpoints. |
Creating an API Provider Endpoint
- Click the New Endpoint icon on the Endpoint screen.
- Specify a Name and select API as the Endpoint Type.
- Click the Select APIs link to display a list of available APIs and select one or more APIs to associate with this Endpoint.
- Specify Authentication attribute values for your Endpoint. See Using Basic Authentication with API Endpoints and Using OAuth2 with API Endpoints.
- Click Save.
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