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Comment: https://wso2.org/jira/browse/DOCUMENTATION-6489

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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An API is the published interface, while the service is the implementation running in the backend. APIs have their own lifecycles that are independent to the backend services they rely on. This lifecycle is exposed in the API publisher Web interface and is managed by the API publisher role.

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The following stages are available in the default API lifecycle:

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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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