What is a Client?

The client is the consumer of the API. Typical API consumers are for example mobile or B2B applications. Optionally, policies can also be defined on a client.

Each client can consume multiple APIs within the API Management. Therefore, a contract is created between a client and the APIs it wishes to consume. Once the contract is created, the client can be registered with the runtime gateway. Policies and contracts can be added and removed at any time. However, after any changes are made, the client must be registered again.

API Contracts and API Keys