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BFasano
New Contributor
3 years ago

How to add a vendor's Rest API to a project (Newbie)

Ok, I've worked with SOAP API's and now I'm trying to work with a REST API.  I've created a new project, I click to Import API Definition.  I enter the URL of the API, I leave Protocol to Determine...
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    nmrao
    3 years ago

    It is called swagger definition of the API's

     

    It can be in a file or a url. Of course, one can save file from url and load into to the ReadyAPI too.

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nmrao
Champion Level 3
3 years ago
Do you mean you imported the swagger definition? Have you checked the logs to see what caused errors?
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    BFasano
    New Contributor
    3 years ago

    No, I put the URL of the API and it fails. 

    Ok, so I looked into it some more and based on what you asked, it sounds like there should be a somefile.json at the end of the URL, is that right? 

    Is there a standard name for that file?