API Connect Hands-On Lab

Prerequisites

Needless to say you'll need a laptop! It is recommended you use a Mac OS or a ubuntu desktop version laptop. Also make sure you install the following software prior to the session:

You can verify the versions of the required or pre-installed software by running the following commands and ensuring that you have the following versions (or higher).

git --version
git version 2.7.4

cf --version
cf version 6.21.1+6fd3c9f-2016-08-10

node --version
v4.5.0

npm --version
3.10.7

apic --version
API Connect: v5.0.3.0 iFix 2

The software can also be installed from

• Git from http://git-scm.com/downloads or "brew install git"

• The cf CLI from [https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cli#downloads] (https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cli#downloads) - download the latest version that is appropriate for your laptop and follow the instructions in README.txt.

  OR

  from [http://docs.cloudfoundry.org/devguide/installcf/install-go-cli.html](http://docs.cloudfoundry.org/devguide/installcf/install-go-cli.html).

• Install npm - Install nodejs from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ which also installs npm.

• Install API connect Developer kit - Install API connect Developer Kit after installing npm from [https://www.npmjs.com/package/apiconnect] (https://www.npmjs.com/package/apiconnect)

Sign up for a Bluemix account

• Sign up for a new account on a Bluemix hosted instance - It is recommended you create a new account from [https://console.ng.bluemix.net/] (https://console.ng.bluemix.net/) especially if you have not created this account in the last few days.

Lab software

The software including the instructions is available from [https://github.com/ragsns/apichol] (https://github.com/ragsns/apichol). Install the software locally on your laptop by running the followng command.

git clone https://github.com/ragsns/apichol

If the lab software has already been installed (you should be able to see a subdirectory named apichol) ensure that you have the latest updates by issuing the following command.

cd apichol
git pull

Samples and General Directions

Each exercise is in a separate sub-directory. Ensure that you're in the sub-directory when you're working on a particular exercise and you're issuing the CLI commands from the subdirectory pertaining to the exercise.

Recommended Exercises - User Related

It is recommended that you run through these exercises sequentially since they are progressive with some dependencies. Each exercise should take about 5-10 mins. to complete.

• Exercise 1: Install Node.js and the API Connect toolkit
• Exercise 2: Design your OpenAPI Swagger specification
• Exercise 3: Generate a LoopBack application and import your APIs
• Exercise 4: Create a database service on Bluemix
• Exercise 5: Create database CRUD APIs with LoopBack models
• Exercise 6: Test, Explore and Deploy your LoopBack application
• Exercise 7: Explore your deployed APIs with the API Manager on Bluemix
• Exercise 8: Tour A - Create a Weather API using API Connect on Bluemix
• Exercise 9: Tour B - Generate a Developer Portal for your Weather APIs

More Resources

Quick tour of API connect at [https://console.ng.bluemix.net/docs/services/apiconnect/index.html] (https://console.ng.bluemix.net/docs/services/apiconnect/index.html)

API Connect Developer Toolkit at [https://www.npmjs.com/package/apiconnect] (https://www.npmjs.com/package/apiconnect)

Contact

Please contact us at Twitter @ragss or @boilerupnc or @sai_vennam.