Browsing APIs on the SAP Ariba Developer Portal

Use this procedure to browse APIs on the SAP Ariba Developer Portal.

Procedure

  1. Click Discover in the left-hand navigation pane.
  2. The tabs along the top of the screen organize available APIs into functional categories. Click the tab for a category.
  3. The list of APIs for the category is displayed on the left. Click the name of the desired API to view its discovery page.
  4. Each API discovery page includes a brief description of the API's functionality, a link to more detailed help, and the following sections:
    Description
    Includes a brief description of the API and a link to documentation specific to the API. Also includes rate limit information. Best practice is to track your API usage to ensure you don't exceed these rate limits. See Tracking Your API Usage to Avoid Exceeding Rate Limits.
    Environment Details
    Displays the public URI prefixes for the testing and production environments for this API.
    Download API spec
    Click to download request and response schemas in JSON format.
    Detailed Documentation
    Displays the URL endpoints for use when making web service calls. Click on any method in this section for syntax and parameter information.
    Try it out
    You can click Try it out within any expanded method in the Detailed Documentation section to investigate the method for yourself by providing inputs and viewing the resulting output. For the Realm parameter, enter mytestrealm.
    Models
    Drill down by clicking within this section to see details including implementation notes and schemas for the response class and the response message.