API Publication and Management
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While API development is usually done by someone who understands the technical aspects of the API, interfaces, documentation, versions etc, API publication, monetization, management and related functionality is typically carried out by individuals who understand the business aspects of the APIs. Therefore, in most business scenarios, an API developer is distinct from an API publisher and a manager.
In WSO2 API Manager, both an API developer and a manager carry out their tasks using the WSO2 API Publisher, which is a Web application with a structured GUI designed for API creators, publishers and managers. It allows API publishers to create, publish, scale, document, version and gather statistics on API features, quality and usage while also facilitating more API management-related tasks such as monetization, promoting and encouraging potential consumers and partners to adopt the API in their solutions.
Shown in the diagram below are common life cycle activities of an API publisher/manager, supported by the WSO2 API Publisher:
To access the API management-related functionality provided by the WSO2 API Publisher, you need to create user roles with specific levels of permission. In this guide, we use a role by the name "publisher", using which the API Publisher Web interface can be accessed for more management-related tasks. For instructions on creating the "publisher" role and assigning it to users, refer to section Users and Roles in API Manager.
Before accessing the Web interface of the API Publisher, make sure you run the API Manager using instructions given in section Running the API Manager. Once the Carbon server is up and running, the API Publisher can be accessed by typing the following URL in your browser.
https://<YourHostName>:9443/publisher
The API Publisher log-in page opens as follows:
To log in to the API Manager, you need to create a user and assign it specific permissions as described in section User Management. Alternatively, you can also log in to the API publisher as an administrator, by using the admin user that is available by default with the password also as admin. The default admin user has administrator privileges and can perform any operation.
Once you are successfully logged in to the API Publisher using the "publisher" role, refer to the following information to start managing APIs: