API Builder 4.x Save PDF Selected topic Selected topic and subtopics All content Go to Amplify Platform getting started and onboarding roadmap API Builder Getting Started Guide Prerequisites You should have NPM (recommended minimum v6.14.13), and Node.js (recommended minimum v14.17.0 LTS) installed. API Builder v4 maintains compatibility with a minimum of Node.js v8.9, however, using a version older than v14.17.0 is not recommended. See the Node.js support policy for more information. Minimum requirements These are the absolute minimum requirements for running an API Builder service. Memory and disk usage may fluctuate over time and between releases. Recommended system specs should be significantly higher to account for additional plugins, inbound requests and custom service logic. Development Production HDD 110MB 80MB RAM 45MB 40MB Getting started This section describes installing the Axway command line interface (CLI) and the API Builder CLI. The API Builder CLI is installed using the Axway CLI. We first describe how to install the Axway CLI, and then the API Builder CLI. Install the Axway CLI globally using npm Refer to the Axway CLI documentation for more details. Install Axway CLI [sudo] npm install -g axway Verify the Axway CLI installation by running the following command. axway pm list Install the API Builder CLI Refer to API Builder CLI documentation for more details. Install API Builder axway pm install @axway/amplify-api-builder-cli Once API Builder CLI is installed, you can use it to create a new project. In the following example, the CLI will create and initialize the ./myproject project directory. Initialize a new project axway builder init myproject Then, start the API Builder project. Run project cd myproject npm start Introduction to the UI Once your project is running, point your browser to http://localhost:8080/console to access the API Builder user interface (UI) console. Upon reviewing the API Builder console, you can navigate to the following items. Summary Your application's admin home page. API Doc & Test Auto-generated documentation about your API endpoints. Provides help for the client application to access your application. Flows Lists flows that are part of your service and lets you manage them. Models Interface to help you build models. A model represents data stored from another source. Configurations Lists configuration files that you can modify and save within a browser. Credentials Lists the currently configured credentials. Plugins Lists available and installed plugins to extend the core functionality of API Builder, and that can be used to connect to different data sources and services or enhance the Flow editor. View Documentation Links to the Axway documentation for API Builder. Sidebar toggle Toggles the width of the sidebar. To quickly navigate to the Summary tab, click on the Axway icon or click on API Builder. Advanced startup You can choose which configuration values you want to be configurable from the environment by explicitly setting them in your conf/default.js using process.env. For example, to make the log level configurable, you could do: Example environmental configuration variables // Log level of the main logger logLevel: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'debug', This allows you to create containers for your application that can be configured when the container is started. The PORT is already environmentalized, so if you wish to launch API Builder on a different port, you can set PORT as an environment variable. For example, on Unix: Change port via env // The port for the UI $ PORT=8000 npm start However, we recommend that you do not change the environmentalized port configuration in conf/default.js as this value is used when using Docker containers. Environmentalization guide explains how to quickly set values to the environment variables referred to in the configuration files so they can be used during the development of the service. Further reading Once you are familiar with startup and the UI, be sure to read the Best Practices guide as it will help guide your next phase of development. Related Links
Go to Amplify Platform getting started and onboarding roadmap API Builder Getting Started Guide Prerequisites You should have NPM (recommended minimum v6.14.13), and Node.js (recommended minimum v14.17.0 LTS) installed. API Builder v4 maintains compatibility with a minimum of Node.js v8.9, however, using a version older than v14.17.0 is not recommended. See the Node.js support policy for more information. Minimum requirements These are the absolute minimum requirements for running an API Builder service. Memory and disk usage may fluctuate over time and between releases. Recommended system specs should be significantly higher to account for additional plugins, inbound requests and custom service logic. Development Production HDD 110MB 80MB RAM 45MB 40MB Getting started This section describes installing the Axway command line interface (CLI) and the API Builder CLI. The API Builder CLI is installed using the Axway CLI. We first describe how to install the Axway CLI, and then the API Builder CLI. Install the Axway CLI globally using npm Refer to the Axway CLI documentation for more details. Install Axway CLI [sudo] npm install -g axway Verify the Axway CLI installation by running the following command. axway pm list Install the API Builder CLI Refer to API Builder CLI documentation for more details. Install API Builder axway pm install @axway/amplify-api-builder-cli Once API Builder CLI is installed, you can use it to create a new project. In the following example, the CLI will create and initialize the ./myproject project directory. Initialize a new project axway builder init myproject Then, start the API Builder project. Run project cd myproject npm start Introduction to the UI Once your project is running, point your browser to http://localhost:8080/console to access the API Builder user interface (UI) console. Upon reviewing the API Builder console, you can navigate to the following items. Summary Your application's admin home page. API Doc & Test Auto-generated documentation about your API endpoints. Provides help for the client application to access your application. Flows Lists flows that are part of your service and lets you manage them. Models Interface to help you build models. A model represents data stored from another source. Configurations Lists configuration files that you can modify and save within a browser. Credentials Lists the currently configured credentials. Plugins Lists available and installed plugins to extend the core functionality of API Builder, and that can be used to connect to different data sources and services or enhance the Flow editor. View Documentation Links to the Axway documentation for API Builder. Sidebar toggle Toggles the width of the sidebar. To quickly navigate to the Summary tab, click on the Axway icon or click on API Builder. Advanced startup You can choose which configuration values you want to be configurable from the environment by explicitly setting them in your conf/default.js using process.env. For example, to make the log level configurable, you could do: Example environmental configuration variables // Log level of the main logger logLevel: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'debug', This allows you to create containers for your application that can be configured when the container is started. The PORT is already environmentalized, so if you wish to launch API Builder on a different port, you can set PORT as an environment variable. For example, on Unix: Change port via env // The port for the UI $ PORT=8000 npm start However, we recommend that you do not change the environmentalized port configuration in conf/default.js as this value is used when using Docker containers. Environmentalization guide explains how to quickly set values to the environment variables referred to in the configuration files so they can be used during the development of the service. Further reading Once you are familiar with startup and the UI, be sure to read the Best Practices guide as it will help guide your next phase of development.