Create an API Provider System
- Create an API provider system
Meredith HassettJuly 19, 2021Prerequisites
- Tutorials: Create an Account on the Gateway Demo System
SAP Integration Suite, API Management uses three main components to expose APIs.
- The API Provider is used to abstract the connection to the backend / target system
- The API Proxy is the actual API which contains the logic to connect to the target system. Here you can model the flow, add security policies, transform the incoming message or look for content injections
- The API Product which bundles one or more API Proxies before they are exposed in the API Developer portal so they can be consumed by a developer
You will use SAP Integration Suite, API Management to create an API Provider. This API Provider will connect to a backend system, in your case to the SAP Gateway Developer System. In a real-life scenario the API Provider could connect to your Developer System. Once you have created and tested an API Proxy on it, you would transport the proxy to your productive system and the underlying API Provider would now point to your productive backend system.
- Step 2
Open the API Management, API Portal (you can get the URL from Integration Suite Launchpad, click on Design Develop, and Manage APIs).
- Step 3
From the Quick Action tile on the Home screen you can immediately create an API Provider by clicking on API Provider.
This will bring up the create wizard for an API Provider.
- Step 4
To navigate to the API Developer area, select the Hamburger Menu in the upper left corner and click on Configure.
API Providers will be selected by default from the tab menu to see the previously created providers and to create a new one.
To create a new provider from this page, click on Create
- Step 5
In the overview area, enter the Name and Description for the API Provider.
Field Value Name SAPDeveloperSystemES5Description Public SAP Gateway system exposing OData 
Under the Connection tab, provide the following information.
Field Value Type Internet Host sapes5.sapdevcenter.comPort 443 Use SSL (checked) 
On the Catalog Service Settings tab, provide the following information.
Field Value Path Prefix /sap/opu/odataService Collection URL /IWFND/CATALOGSERVICE/ServiceCollectionAuthentication Type Basic UserName<your_GATEWAY_username>Password <your_GATEWAY_password>
- Step 6
Click on Save at the top-right side.
- Step 7
To Test your settings click on the Test Connection at the top right side
Also test Settings by navigating to the Catalog Service Settings tab on the API Provider and Click on the Catalog URL link to see the catalog.
- Step 8
When the URL was correct you should see a list of services available on the SAP Gateway system (this screen may look different on different browsers). If you entered your authentication details correctly, you should not be prompted for a username and password. If you are asked for a username and password, verify your credentials in the API Provider Authentication tab are your correct Gateway credentials. After 3 failed attempts, your Gateway will lock.
- Step 9
When the API Provider was saved successful a toast will quickly show up and you will see all the values you had previously entered. Click on the
SAPDeveloperSystemES4link to go back to the API Provider overview screenshot
- Step 10
Now you can see API Provider in the list of available API Providers.
