API Products

API Product is a self-contained, reusable data or service asset designed to deliver consistent, reliable, and secure functionality to internal or external consumers.

API Products are created, managed, and maintained within the API Catalog to ensure standardization and reusability across multiple environments.

Create API Product

Navigate to API Catalog → [catalog]
Click New API Product
Enter the Details:
1. Name – A unique identifier for the API Product
2. Description – (Optional) A short summary of the API Product’s purpose
Under Specification, select:
1. Workspace – The workspace where the API design resides
2. Project – The project containing the API specification
3. Component – The specific API definition to include
Configure Server Settings:
1. Define one or more server endpoints where the API Product will be available after deployment.
2. Provide the following details:
3. Server Name – Unique identifier for the server
4. Display Name – (Optional) A human-readable label for the server
5. Protocol – (Only Kafka is currently supported)
6. Bootstrap Server – (Required) Specify the Kafka Bootstrap Server using the following format.
```
{server}.<domain>:9094
```
  Replace <domain> with your Gateway bootstrap server. For Example:
```
{server}.staging.platform.net:9094
```
7. Schema Registry URL – (Optional) Provide the Schema Registry endpoint in the format below.
```
https://{server}.<domain>:8081
```
  Replace <domain> with the Gateway Schema Registry URL. For Example:
```
https://{server}.staging.platform.net:8081
```
  After deployment, {server} will be substituted with the API Product name and version by gateway.
Select Plans:
1. Choose one or more predefined plans for the API Product.
2. Alternatively, create a Custom Plan and configure:
3. Rate Limit – (e.g., 10000 bytes/sec, 50000 bytes/sec, or Custom)
4. Security – (e.g., API Key authentication)
Review & Create:
1. Review all configuration details, including Specification, Servers, and Plans
2. Click Create API Product to complete setup