This course teaches API developers how to develop, publish, manage, and secure APIs with IBM API Connect V5.0.
Course Objectives
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
Pre Requisites
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 2.0: Developing REST APIs with Node.js for IBM Bluemix.
Agenda: Day 1
Course introduction
Unit 1. Introduction to IBM API Connect V5.0
Unit 2. Create an API with the API Connect toolkit
Exercise 1. Introduction to IBM API Connect
Unit 3. Define an API with the API Designer
Agenda: Day 2
Unit 4. Implement an API as a Node.js Loopback application
Exercise 2. Create a LoopBack application
Unit 5. Implement and publish LoopBack API applications