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1. On the Develop tab, click Services > Web ServiceServices > Provider (API).
2. Click Action  to the Restful web service.

3. Click Add Documentation.
   
   
   
   

4. The Add API Documentation window appears with API and Method Details for the chosen RESTful web service. By default, the values in the API Details section are filled automatically based on the chosen web service. You can change the values as per your requirements.

   

   API Details	Description
   Name	Name of the API Documentation. By default, it shows the provider's value as the name.
   Description	Description about the API Documentation.
   Contact Email	Valid email address to send queries.
   Title	Title of your API documentation. It must contain alphanumeric and few special characters (_ - . : , @ $ ? \\ and space) and must start with an Alphabet/Underscore/Number)

   Method Details	Description
   Summary	Purpose of the method.
   Notes	Description about of the method.
   API ParametersDefine API parameters by clicking Add Row	List of parameters, if provided at the time of creating Web Service Provider activity.
   Method Presentation	Status code of the request, response, and fault. You can also provide the description of the status code.

5. Click Save.
   

Viewing Endpoint URL and API Documentation

After you have created RESTful Web Service for the Provider Activity, you can also view the Endpoint URL and API documentation. To view Endpoint URL and API Doc:

1. Go to Develop > Services > Web ServiceServices > Provider (API) .
2. Click Endpoint in the WSDL/Documentation column corresponding to the web service to view the Endpoint URL.
   
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3. Endpoint URL will appear in a new tab of your browser.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Close Window to exit.

5. Click API Doc to view the API documentation. 
   
   

   API document will open in a new window.

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   Changing Logo/Image in API Documentation Property "abpm.webservice.rest.apidoc.imagepath" has been added to the server configure properties for which default url is "images/api_doc_header.png". To change the logo, change the image name from url. The dimension of the image should be between 50x50 and 50x650. Supported image types are PNG, GPG, GIF, and BMP."

6. Click API method to view API documentation details.
   
   
   
   

7. Click Try it out to view the response. 

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   You can also view the API documentation of all web service providers populated on one screen by clicking API Doc from the Web Service Provider manage screen.