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deeptigarg
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8 years ago
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Not able to execute API from SwaggerHub

Hi,   I am new to SwaggerHub and having trouble accessing the API that I created using an existing swagger.yaml file on SwaggerHub.   I have specified the host name as my machine name (which is p...
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    fehguy
    8 years ago

    Hi!  SwaggerHub executes requests through a proxy on our server so we can deal with the challenges of CORS, etc.  So the request actually does go through our server.

     

    That means that if your server is inside your firewall (i.e. unreachable from the internet), you will _not_ be able to call it directly through SwaggerHub.  We will be adding a feature to disable the proxy (or use a custom one) but that's not yet available. 

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    fehguy
    8 years ago

    Hi, you can certainly call your API if it's external.  Just set the `host` and `basePath` fields and it will call those external services.  Please post back with any questions!

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deeptigarg
New Contributor

Hi Tony...thanks for the speedy reply.

 

Follow-up question: does this mean that in order to access my endpoints using SwaggerHub, I will need to host my API on some cloud service, like Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure? Please let me know.

 

Thanks!

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fehguy
Staff
8 years ago

Hi, you can certainly call your API if it's external.  Just set the `host` and `basePath` fields and it will call those external services.  Please post back with any questions!