Consuming the Web API
Once our API is published, it can be accessed by developers for consumption. API Management provides a developer portal for developers to access the API and consume it in a client application.
The developer portal is the home from which consumers can access our Web APIs. Users sign up for access to the developer portal. Once approved, they can subscribe to products and then make calls to API operations and consume the results in their applications based on their access.
Tip
API Management provides a working portal with a default user experience for consumers to sign up and access the APIs. An API administrator can customize the developer portal to configure it with organization branding and styling guidelines.
The following steps describe how to access the developer portal for our Web API:
- The developer portal can be accessed using the following URL:
HTTP://<yourAPIManagementServicename>.portal.azure-api.net/.
- Consumers can then sign up for an account to access the...
