<s>
IBM	B-Application
API	I-Application
Management	I-Application
(	O
with	O
version	O
5	O
renamed	O
to	O
IBM	B-Application
API	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
API	O
Management	O
platform	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
API	O
Economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Application
API	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
enables	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
,	O
assemble	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
secure	O
and	O
socialize	O
web	O
application	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
(	O
APIs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
as	O
a	O
Virtual	B-Application
appliance	I-Application
on	O
a	O
Virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
and	O
uses	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
WebSphere	I-Device
DataPower	I-Device
SOA	I-Device
Appliances	I-Device
as	O
gateways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swagger	B-Architecture
(	O
now	O
called	O
OpenAPI	O
)	O
and	O
WSDL	O
documents	O
can	O
be	O
loaded	O
and	O
parsed	O
into	O
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
API	O
Gateway	O
is	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
IBM	O
DataPower	B-Device
Gateway	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
Code	O
Flow	O
and	O
Implicit	O
Flow	O
OAuth	O
schemes	O
now	O
support	O
authentication	O
through	O
pages	O
hosted	O
external	O
to	O
IBM	B-Application
API	I-Application
Management	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
more	O
information	O
about	O
these	O
enhancements	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
the	O
DataPower	B-Device
processing	O
rules	O
and	O
actions	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
user-defined	O
policies	O
,	O
see	O
Implementing	O
your	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
DataPower	B-Device
7.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Topology	O
Administrator	O
can	O
manage	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
API	I-Application
Management	I-Application
infrastructure	O
but	O
cannot	O
invite	O
or	O
administer	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
an	O
API	O
is	O
defined	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
specified	O
whether	O
the	O
API	O
will	O
be	O
enforced	O
by	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
API	I-Application
Management	I-Application
gateway	O
or	O
by	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
gateway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
configuration	O
of	O
API	O
security	O
has	O
been	O
revised	O
in	O
line	O
the	O
Swagger	B-Architecture
2.0	O
security	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
Swagger	B-Architecture
file	O
is	O
downloaded	O
for	O
the	O
API	O
,	O
the	O
additional	O
information	O
is	O
written	O
to	O
the	O
info	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
developer	O
downloads	O
the	O
Swagger	B-Architecture
file	O
for	O
the	O
API	O
,	O
the	O
additional	O
tag	O
details	O
are	O
written	O
to	O
the	O
tags	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
revision	O
of	O
a	O
REST	O
API	O
can	O
be	O
updated	O
by	O
uploading	O
a	O
Swagger	B-Architecture
definition	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Application
API	I-Application
Management	I-Application
Version	O
4.0.1	O
introduced	O
the	O
following	O
terminology	O
changes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Swagger	B-Architecture
based	O
API	O
creation	O
:	O
Allows	O
APIs	O
to	O
be	O
imported	O
from	O
Swagger	B-Architecture
,	O
deployed	O
,	O
and	O
invoked	O
without	O
requiring	O
any	O
manual	O
configuration	O
steps	O
in	O
the	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
