Let's take a look at some concepts and terminology that you need to know in order to follow the use cases.
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Cross-origin resource sharing ( CORS ) is a mechanism that allows restricted resources (e.g., fonts, JavaScript) of a Web page to be requested from another domain outside the domain from which the resource originated.
The Swagger API Console that is integrated in the API Manager runs as a JavaScript client in the API Store and makes calls from the Store to the API Gateway. Therefore, if you have the API Store and Gateway running on different ports, enable CORS between them.
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<handlers> <handler class="org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway.handlers.security.CORSRequestHandler"/> </handlers> |
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OAuth scopes
Scopes enable fine-grained access control to API resources based on user roles. You define scopes to an API's resources. When a user invokes the API, his/her OAuth 2 bearer token cannot grant access to any API resource beyond its associated scopes.
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You apply scopes to an API resource at the time the API is created or modified. In the API Publisher, click the API > Add menu (to add a new API) or the Edit link next to an existing API. Then, navigate to the Manage tab and scroll down to see the Add Scopes button under Resources.
On the screen that appears, enter a scope key, scope name and optionally, allowed roles and a description. Click Add Scope.
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