Manage APIs

View an API

1. Go to the DataService Studio page.
   1. Log on to the DataWorks console.
   2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspaces.
   3. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the target workspace resides. Find the target workspace and click DataService Studio in the Actions column.
2. On the Service Development tab, click the business process to which the target API belongs.
3. Right-click the target API and select View Details.
   

   Note The View Details option appears only in the shortcut menu of an API that has been published. If an API has not been published, double-click the API to go to the configuration tab of the API. Then, click Properties in the right-side navigation pane to view its basic information.

Clone an API

You can clone an API to a specified folder in the directory tree.

1. On the Service Development tab, click the business process to which the target API belongs.
2. Right-click the target API and select Clone.
3. In the Clone API dialog box, set the parameters as required.
   

   Parameter	Description
   API Name	The name of the cloned API. The name must be 4 to 50 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, and underscores (_). It must start with a letter.
   API Path	The path for storing the cloned API, such as /user. The path can be up to 200 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a forward slash (/).
   Target Folder	The folder for storing the cloned API.

4. Click OK.

Delete an API

You can delete only APIs that have not been published. To delete APIs that have been published, you must unpublish them first.

1. Optional. Unpublish the target API.
   If the API to be deleted is in the Unpublished state, skip this step.
   1. On the Service Development tab, click Service Management in the upper-right corner. The Manage APIs page appears by default.
      
   2. On the APIs of Published tab, find the target API and click Unpublish in the Actions column.
   3. In the Unpublish API message, click OK.
   4. Click Service Development in the upper-right corner to return to the Service Development tab.
2. On the Service Development tab, click the business process to which the target API belongs.
3. Right-click the target API and select Delete.
4. In the Delete API message, click OK.
   Note Deleted APIs cannot be recovered. Use caution when you delete an API.

Move an API to another folder

You can move only APIs that have not been published. To move APIs that have been published, you must unpublish them first.

1. Optional. Unpublish the target API.
   If the API to be deleted is in the Unpublished state, skip this step.
   1. On the Service Development tab, click Service Management in the upper-right corner. The Manage APIs page appears by default.
      
   2. On the APIs of Published tab, find the target API and click Unpublish in the Actions column.
   3. In the Unpublish API message, click OK.
   4. Click Service Development in the upper-right corner to return to the Service Development tab.
2. On the Service Development tab, click the business process to which the target API belongs.
3. Right-click the target API and select Move.
4. In the Modify file path dialog box, set the Target Folder parameter.
5. Click OK.
   Notice After you move an API, the group to which the API belongs may change. The endpoint for calling this API after it is published may also change. Use caution when you move an API to another folder.