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If you added API management to your application on Google Cloud, and
subsequently decide that you don't want the API management features, you can configure
Cloud Endpoints Frameworks to stop managing your API.
Removing API management doesn't stop your API from being served. If you want
to stop serving your API, you can either disable the application on the App
Engine Settings page in the Google Cloud console, or
you can delete the Google Cloud project. See Disabling
an application and shutting down a project for more information.
To remove API management:
Backup your API project's app.yaml file.
Make sure that the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) is authorized to access your data
and services on Google Cloud:
gcloudauthlogin
Display the project IDs for your Google Cloud
projects:
gcloudprojectslist
Using the applicable project ID from the previous step, set the default
Google Cloud project to the one that your application is in:
gcloud config set project YOUR_PROJECT_ID
Change to the directory where your app.yaml file is located, and open it.
In the env_variables section, delete the lines containing the
ENDPOINTS_SERVICE_NAME and ENDPOINTS_SERVICE_VERSION environment
variables. If you don't have any other environment variables defined, delete
the env_variables section.
Save the app.yaml file.
Deploy your application with the updated app.yaml file:
gcloudappdeploy
After you redeploy your application, Endpoints Frameworks stops
managing your API.
Verifying API management removal
To verify that Endpoints Frameworks is no longer managing your API:
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Endpoints > Services page.
The Produced API log doesn't contain log entries for the requests that
you sent.
Deleting the managed service
Endpoints Frameworks uses Google's Service Management to manage your API.
When you deployed the OpenAPI document by using the gcloud endpoints services
deploy command, the command used Service Management to create a
managed service for your API. If you don't need the data on the
Endpoints > Services page and in the Produced API log on the Logs Viewer
page, you can delete the managed service for your API, which removes the data
from the Google Cloud console.
To delete the managed service:
Make sure that the gcloud CLI (gcloud) is authorized to access your
data and services on Google Cloud:
gcloudauthlogin
Enter the following to display the project IDs for your Google Cloud
projects:
gcloudprojectslist
Using the applicable project ID from the previous step, set the default
Google Cloud project to the one that your application is in:
gcloudconfigsetproject[YOUR_PROJECT_ID]
Obtain the name of all managed services in your Google Cloud project:
gcloudendpointsserviceslist
Delete the service from Service Management. Replace
SERVICE_NAME with the name of the service you want
to remove.
gcloud endpoints services delete SERVICE_NAME
Running gcloud endpoints services delete doesn't immediately delete the
managed service. Service Management disables the managed service for
30 days, which allows you time to restore it if you need to. After 30 days,
Service Management permanently deletes the managed service.
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If you want\nto stop serving your API, you can either disable the application on the **App\nEngine Settings** page in the Google Cloud console, or\nyou can delete the Google Cloud project. See [Disabling\nan application and shutting down a project](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/flexible/python/managing-projects-apps-billing#disabling_an_application) for more information.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nTo remove API management:\n\n1. Backup your API project's `app.yaml` file.\n\n2. Make sure that the Google Cloud CLI (`gcloud`) is authorized to access your data\n and services on Google Cloud:\n\n gcloud auth login\n\n3. Display the project IDs for your Google Cloud\n projects:\n\n gcloud projects list\n\n4. Using the applicable project ID from the previous step, set the default\n Google Cloud project to the one that your application is in:\n\n ```\n gcloud config set project YOUR_PROJECT_ID\n ```\n5. Change to the directory where your `app.yaml` file is located, and open it.\n\n6. In the `env_variables` section, delete the lines containing the\n `ENDPOINTS_SERVICE_NAME` and `ENDPOINTS_SERVICE_VERSION` environment\n variables. If you don't have any other environment variables defined, delete\n the `env_variables` section.\n\n7. Save the `app.yaml` file.\n\n8. Deploy your application with the updated `app.yaml` file:\n\n gcloud app deploy\n\nAfter you redeploy your application, Endpoints Frameworks stops\nmanaging your API.\n\nVerifying API management removal\n--------------------------------\n\nTo verify that Endpoints Frameworks is no longer managing your API:\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **Endpoints** \\\u003e **Services** page.\n\n\n [Go to the Endpoints Services page](https://console.cloud.google.com/endpoints)\n\n \u003cbr /\u003e\n\n2. Write down the number of requests to one of the methods in your API.\n\n3. Click the `View logs` link for the method.\n\n4. In the `Produced API` log, write down the date and time of the most recent\n log entry.\n\n5. Send some requests to the method in your API.\n\n6. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **Endpoints** \\\u003e **Services** page.\n\n\n [Go to the Endpoints Services page](https://console.cloud.google.com/endpoints)\n\n \u003cbr /\u003e\n\n The request counter for the method isn't updated.\n7. Click the `View logs` link for the method.\n\n The `Produced API` log doesn't contain log entries for the requests that\n you sent.\n\nDeleting the managed service\n----------------------------\n\n\nEndpoints Frameworks uses Google's Service Management to manage your API.\nWhen you deployed the OpenAPI document by using the `gcloud endpoints services\ndeploy` command, the command used Service Management to create a\nmanaged service for your API. If you don't need the data on the\n**Endpoints** \\\u003e **Services** page and in the **Produced API** log on the **Logs Viewer**\npage, you can delete the managed service for your API, which removes the data\nfrom the Google Cloud console.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nTo delete the managed service:\n\n1. Make sure that the gcloud CLI (`gcloud`) is authorized to access your\n data and services on Google Cloud:\n\n gcloud auth login\n\n2. Enter the following to display the project IDs for your Google Cloud\n projects:\n\n gcloud projects list\n\n3. Using the applicable project ID from the previous step, set the default\n Google Cloud project to the one that your application is in:\n\n gcloud config set project [YOUR_PROJECT_ID]\n\n4. Obtain the name of all managed services in your Google Cloud project:\n\n gcloud endpoints services list\n\n5. Delete the service from Service Management. Replace\n \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSERVICE_NAME\u003c/var\u003e with the name of the service you want\n to remove.\n\n ```\n gcloud endpoints services delete SERVICE_NAME\n ```\n\n Running `gcloud endpoints services delete` doesn't immediately delete the\n managed service. Service Management disables the managed service for\n 30 days, which allows you time to restore it if you need to. After 30 days,\n Service Management permanently deletes the managed service.\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- To restore a managed service, see\n [Restoring a managed service](/endpoints/docs/frameworks/python/restore-managed-service).\n\n- For information on the `gcloud` commands used on this page, see the\n [`gcloud` reference page](/sdk/gcloud/reference).\n\n- For information on Service Management, see\n [Creating and deleting managed services](/service-infrastructure/docs/create-services)."]]
