Process Flow¶
The following figure shows the process of exposing an API.
Creating a Gateway
Buy a dedicated gateway. For details, see Buying a Dedicated Gateway.
An API group facilitates management of APIs used for the same service. Create an API group and then create APIs.
Before making the API available for users to access, bind an independent domain name (custom domain name) to the group to which the API belongs. Then API callers can use these domain names to call the API.
When creating an API, configure the frontend and backend request paths, parameters, and protocols.
Debug the API to check whether it works normally.
(Optional) Creating an Environment
An API can be called in different scenarios, such as the production environment (RELEASE) or other custom environments. RELEASE is the default environment defined in APIG.
Publish the API so that it can be called.