Using the product commands

You can use the product commands to get and list the products on your Developer Portal service.

  1. Log in as Provider org as seen in the following example.
    apic login --server management_server --realm provider/identity_provider --username provider_username --password provider_password
    You can determine which identity provider to use in the --realm parameter by entering the following command to see a list of all available identity providers (you do not need to be logged in to use this command):
    apic identity-providers:list --scope provider --server platform_api_endpoint_url --fields title,realm
    For example,
    apic identity-providers:list --scope provider --server platform_api_endpoint_url --fields title,realm 
    total_results: 2
    results:
      - title: API Manager User Registry
        realm: provider/default-idp-2
      - title: Corporate LDAP user registry
        realm: provider/corporate-ldap
    The title value should enable you to determine which identity provider to use; you can then copy the corresponding --realm parameter directly from the displayed realm value. For any identity providers that were created by your administrator after API Connect was installed, the names will have been determined at creation time. The default API Manager Local User Registry for login as a member of a provider organization is default-idp-2.

    For full details of the apic login command, see Logging in to a management server.

    For a summary of the general-purpose commands and their use, see Developer Portal CLI commands.

  2. Get a list of products from a site.

    For example,
    apic --mode portaladmin product:list --org orgid/name --server management_server --catalog catalogid/name
    • management_server is the endpoint URL of the management server (required).
    • catalogid/name is the ID or name of the catalog that the site belongs to (required).
    • orgid/name is the ID or name of the provider organization that the catalog belongs to (required).
    • format_type is the output format. Can be json, yaml, go-template=..., go-template-file=.... Defaults to yaml.
  3. Get a product from a site by using the id or name:version.

    For example,
    apic --mode portaladmin product:get --org orgid/name --server management_server --catalog catalogid/name id/name:version
    • id/name:version - The ID or name:version of a specific product (required). For example, id-of-product-called-example-3 or example:3.0.0.
  4. Get a specific entire product document from the portal of the provided organization and catalog by using the id or name:version.
    apic --mode portaladmin product:get-document --org orgid/name --server management_server --catalog catalogid/name --format format_type  id/name:version
    
    For example,
    apic --mode portaladmin product:get-document --org ibm --server my.management.server.com --catalog portal-test --format yaml  intuiz-product:1.0.0
    
  5. Add an attachment for your product within your Developer Portal.

    For example,

    apic --mode portaladmin product:add-attachment -s management_server --org orgid/name --catalog catalogid/name --attachment_name attachment.txt --attachment_description "Product documentation" awesome-sleek-soft-chips-product:1.0.0 ./attachment.txt
    Loading File (Large files may take a while)...
    
    Attachment successfully added to product awesome-sleek-soft-chips-product:1.0.0.
      This product now has 2 attachments.
    
    • attachment_name is the name given to the attachment when it is uploaded (required).
    • attachment_description is the description of the attachment that is displayed to the users.
  6. Set an icon for your product within your Developer Portal.

    For example,

    apic --mode portaladmin product:set-icon -s management_server --org orgid/name --catalog catalogid/name --icon_description "product icon" awesome-sleek-soft-chips-product:1.0.0 ./icon.png
    Loading File (Large files may take a while)...
    
    Icon successfully set for product awesome-sleek-soft-chips-product:1.0.0
    
    • icon_description is the icon description to be displayed to users and it is used as an alt text for the image (required).
  7. Add a tag (Category) for your product within your Developer Portal.

    For example,

    apic --mode portaladmin product:add-tag -s management_server--org orgid/name --catalog catalogid/name --tag_name top_level_element/next_level_element/lower_level_element awesome-sleek-soft-chips-product:1.0.0
    Successfully set taxonomy tag top_level_element/next_level_element/lower_level_element
      for product api-connect-cassin-llc-awesome-sleek-soft-chips-product:1.0.0
    • tag_name is the tag name. For example, top_level_element/next_level_element (required).