I'm trying to push an API that I created in SoapUI into Bluemix using the cloud foundary console. I first created a war file as per this blog: http://alleyfield.com/?p=51
I've managed to get the API into Bluemix, but the results aren't pleasing. In SoapUI I've tested my API and can confirm that it works perfectly. Surely there is a better way of creating an API in Bluemix having created it in SoapUI (soap/xml format.) My problem is that I don't see any options on the Bluemix page that allows for this. I've consulted the official documents, but they almost exclusively focus on sample application APIs using swagger or similar.
I've contacted IBM and they suggested I post this to Stack Overflow as the blog I mentioned is old and doesn't match Bluemix at present.
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When one creates an ASP.NET Core Web API in Visual Studio 2022, and tests it locally, one gets a convenient Swagger page built upon an OpenAPI definition, to test all HTTP endpoints.
However, when deployed and trying to access {path-to-api}/swagger, it returns a 404 Not Found error, even while on localhost, when both the API and the database is sitting on my own machine. Even if the database is in the Azure cloud, for that matter, it also works, if I put the Azure SQL Database connection string into appsettings.json.
So is there a way to achieve this, preferably without too much hassle? Or am I wrong in wanting this, do developers mostly test their APIs locally? Because I want the Swagger API online only for testing.
The problem is getting and using the swagger functionality into the cloud. Is it possible and good practice?
If you look at the startup, you will notice that the swagger is only loaded during a development session via an if check. Commenting that out, or expanding it based on evironment, will allow a published version to generate the page on the target host.
if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
app.UseSwagger();
app.UseSwaggerUI();
}
I generally do that for first publishes or to Dev/Test environments to see it running. Once it is not needed, I un-comment it back in.
Also it may be actually viable (turned on) in Dev or UAT server because one is also publishing the open api it to APIM (Azure api manager), which takes the api and generates its own development environment; away from an initial publish.
Also once published, it is not the default page, one still has to path to it such as .../swagger/index.html.
I'm aborting this mission to deploy the Swagger interface to Azure along with my API. It's bad security practice to make the HTTP request methods so visually available to all. So the answer to my question do developers mostly test their APIs locally, is apparently yes.
I wondered if I should remove the question, but I would like to make it still stand, in case anyone else is contemplating about doing the same thing - exposing an API online with the Swagger UI.
I have a service fabric application that hosts api’s with app insights enabled. The api services are .Net framework 4.8 webapi projects and they are native fabric stateless and stateful services. I don’t use the app insights service fabric specific packages, but do have the standard app insights for webapi packages. I have always been in Azure commercial and logs have worked just fine there.
Now that we are in azure gov, the only way to point a .Net Framework app to the gov app insights endpoints is by modifying the ApplicationInsights.config file.
So I’ve modified the file as per msdn, verified it is deployed with the fabric deploy package and its there next to the rest of the dlls on the vms. Yet my services still won’t log to azure gov app insight instances. Nothing is coming through. We set the instrumentation key programmatically, not in applicationinsights.config, could that be an issue? I noticed some of the msdn examples showed instrumentationkey being included in the config file, but would think that is optional.
Had anyone had experience pointing .net 4.8 fabric services to gov app insights?
When using a government cloud, you need to use a connection string instead of an instrumentation key.
Important
Sovereign clouds, such as Azure Government, require the use of the
Application Insights connection string
(APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING) instead of the instrumentation
key. To learn more, see the APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING
reference.
More info here and here.
This ended up being an issue with my gov configuration file. The MSDN document wasn't very clear on where the new config sections go. It made it look like they are all nested under the top level node of the config file. Turns out the TelementyChannel override has to go inside the default TelemenySinks node. I contacted microsoft on github about clarifying this in their docs.
Link to the unclear documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/custom-endpoints?tabs=net
Link to github issue to get it fixed
https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/80066
I currently try to automate the process of creating a new Bamboo linked repository and start the scan. I've already looked over the documentation of the REST API, tried to generate a new plan and enabling a scan, but that didn't work.
I also tried the Java Maven Package from Atlassian, but that needs user credentials as an authentication method, whilst I need to authenticate via a Security token. There is a link to an API in that Maven Package, which I tried to send a request to with the yaml code, but it always responds with the status code 500 and a Java Stacktrace. It's probably due to a wrong request body, but I can't figure out, how to include the yaml content the same way, as the maven package.
Is there a way to create a linked repository via the REST API?
Thanks in advance!
Is there a way to create a linked repository via the REST API?
No and there won't ever be one because they're deprecating the Bamboo server in favour of their cloud-based alternative (which is based on a totally different API). See https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-18453
Java Maven Package from Atlassian
What package is that? Based on what I said earlier the only way for you to programmatically create a linked repo is to mimic the browser POST request to updateLinkedRepository.action. That means that you'll need to login first to get a JSESSIONID cookie (xsrf token can be disabled, see https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamkb/rest-api-calls-fail-due-to-missing-xsrf-token-899447048.html#RESTAPIcallsfailduetoMissingXSRFToken-Workaround). Ping me if you need help, I still have ansible code for the login part.
I have my code in Git repository. I am using UDeploy to deploy my code into MarkLogic environment. I can able to move all my modules successfully but facing two problems
1. Creating New indexes
2. REST endpoint creation
Please let me know if there is anyway to implement these two
For creating indexes, I have tried to do it using API functions(admin:database-range-element-index()) and I have successful in that part. But is there any way to do it from UDeploy or DevOps.
For register REST endpoint I couldn't able to find anyway to try.
Have you looked at MarkLogic's REST Management APIs - https://docs.marklogic.com/REST/management. In particular, see if https://docs.marklogic.com/REST/POST/manage/v2/databases will help you create indexes via REST management APIs.
The most common way to deploy MarkLogic code & configuration is ml-gradle, a plugin to the widely used gradle tool. ml-gradle uses MarkLogic's Management API, mentioned by Ganesh, and is scriptable.
I have a test Hyperledger Fabric running in the IBM Cloud, with the IBM Blockchain Application Service. I also have a kubernetes cluster running the Hyperledger Composer REST Server. Everything works great, but how do I extend the REST api with some custom api's?
The documentation mentions being able to use the swagger definition (yaml file) with the IBM API Connect or Strongloop product...but how do I do that, as I don't see any way to export the swagger definition?
I don't have a tutorial, but as I see it you would have to do three tasks minimally:
write your REST APIs (to do what you want to do) - perhaps these
resources on REST APIs will help ? -> Loopback ->
https://developer.ibm.com/code/patterns/create-rest-apis-using-loopback/
and in architectural in general
->https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-restful/ and
build the routes for your custom APIs
customise your swagger
definitions to document your REST APIs - this may help you ->
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wa-use-swagger-to-document-and-define-restful-apis/index.html
and Swagger itself -> http://swagger.io/
If you write custom api and call it as 3rd party api which is mentioned in IBM already it will help you to response but it has very limted scope. I belive you should use swagger to understand its end point are properly configured