Services

The Services in the Library menu, enables the user to create a business service as an API. These API's help the user to run services on the data from the EdgeReady platform that can be presented in a third-party UI.

Creating a New Service

To Create a new service, do the following:

• Click the New Service button in the Services screen.

• Enter a Name and click Create. The Integration Builder screen appears. 

After the BaaS service is created here, it is listed in the Library > Services screen.

Generating BaaS API Key

The services created here can be accessed through the BaaS API Key that is generated. If required, the key can be shared with the customer to access these services. To generate the key,

• Click the BaaS API key button in the Services screen. A popup window appears.
• Click Regenerate to generate the key. 

The Key and Secret information can be copied to clipboard. The API key can be regenerated any number of times.

Menu Options in Services

When the user clicks the ellipsis menu of a service, the following options are available:

• Open - Opens the service in Integration Builder
• Metadata- Displays service information
  • Execute URI - API Link
  • Input Variable - list of input variables used in the service
  • Output Variable - list of output variables used in the service
  • System - third party server configuration information

• Rename - rename the service
• Publish - A service must be published at least once to be used as an API. It is the same process as publishing a business function
• Transport - The services are transported to the quality environment and then to production. It is similar to the process of transporting a business function.
• Revert - reverts the service to the previous version.

The services can be enabled or disabled by using the toggle switch.