Step 2: Create an API proxy

This page applies to Apigee and Apigee hybrid.

View Apigee Edge documentation.

Create a simple API proxy.

  1. Position your cursor over the apiproxies folder in Apigee's Local development section and click Create icon.

    + displays when you position the cursor over apiproxies folder

    The Create proxy wizard opens.

    First page of the Create proxy wizard

  2. Click API key based authentication.

  3. Enter the following values for the next set of prompts. Press Enter after each to confirm and proceed.

    Field Value Description
    API proxy name helloworld Name used to identify the API proxy.
    API proxy base path helloworld Part of the URL used to make requests to your API. Apigee uses the URL to match and route incoming requests to the proper API proxy.
    Backend target URL https://mocktarget.apigee.net Target URL that Apigee invokes on a request to the API proxy. The mocktarget service is hosted at Apigee and returns simple data.

    The API proxy is created.

  4. Expand the helloworld folder in the Apigee section to view the contents of the API proxy bundle.

    Shows the folder structure of a reverse proxy in the Apigee section.

    Default API proxy and target endpoints, and a set of policies to manage API key based authentication are added to the API proxy configuration based on your selections using the wizard.

In the next step, you configure and deploy an environment that includes your helloworld API proxy.

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