Creating an API Product

1. Switch to the Products tab of the accessories project.

   

2. Click the Add + button, then select the New Product option.

3. Provide the following configuration for the new product:

   Title: Think Accessories

   Name: think-accessories

4. Click the Create product button.

5. Edit the Description & Contact details:

   Description: The **Think Accessories** product will provide really awesome APIs to your application.

   Contact Name: Thomas Watson

   Contact Email: watson@think.ibm

   Contact URL: https://developer.ibm.com/apiconnect/

   Tip:
   The API Designer supports markdown formatting in various fields, use the Preview toggle for the Description to see what the field will look like after formatting.

6. Specify a License and Terms of Service:

   License Name: The MIT License (MIT)

   License URL: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

   Terms of Service: paste the contents of the box below:

   Copyright (c) 2016 IBM
   
   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
   
   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
   
   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
   

7. Modify the Visibility so that the product is only visible to Authenticated users:

   

   Tip:
   This ensures that only consumers who have registered accounts will see the Product.
   
   Compared to Public, which allows anyone navigating the portal to see the Product.

8. Navigate to the APIs section. Click the + button to add your APIs to this product.

9. Select the checkboxes next to financing and logistics.

   

10. Click the Apply button.

11. Navigate to the Plans section. Click the trashcan button for the Default plan to remove it.

    Click the OK button to confirm.

12. Click on the + button in the Plans section to add a new plan.

    Expand the New Plan 1 entry that was added to the list and modify it with the following properties:

    Title: Silver

    Name: silver

    Description: Limited access to the Accessories APIs

    Add rate limit of 100 with an interval of 1 hour

    

13. Click on the + button in the Plans section again to create a second plan with the following properties:

    Title: Gold

    Name: gold

    Description: Unlimited access to the Accessories APIs for approved users

    Rate limit: Unlimited

    Approval: check Require subscription approval

    

14. Save your changes.

    

Continue

Proceed to Publishing the API Product.