Overview

The Overview section, which contains the basic information of a project, is the landing page in the API Projects screen. Expand the Overview section under the Project Details heading to display details of the project.

Overview

The Overview section displays a project's basic information available for clients in the Developer portal. Most of the documentation is automatically generated based on policy definitions and any conversions across the proxy pipeline.

This section displays the project summary represented by the properties described below.

Property	Description
Proxy Context Path	The Project Context Path provided while creating the project. Different versions can have the same Proxy Base Path name. Proxy Base Path name can be changed to a different one by editing the text field.
Short Description	Provide a short description of the project.
Version	The version number of the project provided while creating the project.
Long Description	Provide a detailed description of the project. If the description exceeds the text field, click more to expand the text field and view the entire data without scrolling.
Status	Present status of the project. Status can be changed by choosing the options in the drop-down list below: Active - A normal API Project that can be launched and used in API products for clients. Deprecated - API Projects can be deprecated to restrict them from being added to new API Products for clients when a better alternative is available. A Deprecated API project continues working in existing API Products but cannot be added to new Ones. Retired - A Retired API Project indicates that the project is obsolete and cannot be used. Projects cannot be launched if they are marked Retired. Custom Status elements can be added to the API Projects tab in the Admin preferences option present in the upper-right part of the dashboard.
Tags	Provide a keyword for the project. This tag can be used to find this particular project while filtering projects.
Date Created	Date and time of the creation of the project.
Last Modified	Date and time of last modification of the project.
Documents	Any documentation related to the project that can be attached. Click the Add Document button to add a document and click Upload to save it to the Project. Use the Download icon to download the document and the Delete icon to remove it from the project.

After editing, ensure clicking the Saveicon to apply changes made to the project.

While editing values of properties Proxy Base Path or Status (before saving it), Reseticon may be used to revert to default values.

Resource

Users can add further information about the business applications of the resources and their applicability.

Expand the resource to see the details of the resource added to the project.

Default Resource will be present in a project even if no resource is added manually.

URIs

Server Group, Type, and URL.

Details

This section comprises optional data input fields where more details about the resource can be added to be displayed in the Developer portal.

Attribute	Description
Short Description	Provide a short description of the resource.
Long Description	Provide a detailed description of the resource. If the description exceeds the text field, click more to expand the text field and view the entire data without scrolling.
Consumes	Provide the incoming request type. This generally corresponds to the Content-Type header of the incoming request from the client.
Produces	Provide the output response type after calling the target API. This generally corresponds to the Accept header of the incoming request from the client.
Input Description	Provide details about the input to the resource.
Output Description	Provide details about the output from the resource
Input Sample	Provide a sample of the input request. This can be very helpful for developers using the API.
Output Sample	Provide a sample of the output response. This can be very helpful for developers using the API.

Parameters

Click the Add icon to add Parameters that may be required for the target server or any service call out as part of the invocation of the resource.

Type in the parameters in the respective text fields or select from the drop-downs for the Type and Required options. Below are the descriptions of the parameters.

Attribute	Description
Name	Name of the parameter.
Type	Type of the parameter: Header Query Param Path Param Form Param URL Encoded
Default Value	The default value of this parameter.
Description	Details of the parameter.
Required	true/false.

Response Details

Response to requests appear here.