Creating an Enterprise Page on SAP API Business Hub

Create an application in API Business Hub Enterprise.

1. Navigate to the API Business Hub Enterprise page by selecting API Business Hub Enterprise on the top-right of the API Portal home screen.

   

2. On the API Business Hub Enterprise start screen, you will find a tile with your created product, Supplier Slack.

   

3. Use the menu to navigate to the Manage page.

   

4. Select Registered Users in the Manage Users tile.

   

5. Enter an e-mail address in the administrator area and acknowledge by selecting the hook.

6. Select the + icon in the Registered Users area.

   

7. On the next screen enter the following data:

   Field	Value
   User ID	The user ID or email address of your trial account
   First Name and Last Name	Choose any name
   Email ID	The email address of your trial account
   Assigned Roles	Assign all available roles
   Reason	Choose any reason
   Country/Region	Choose any country

8. Select Save.

   

9. The result should look like the following:

   

10. Navigate to My Workspace using the menu on top of the screen.

11. Select the + button to create a new application.

    

12. Insert a meaningful name, for example, Supplier Slack App and select the + icon to add a product.

    

13. Choose Supplier Slack and choose OK.

    

14. Save the created application by selecting Save.

    

15. On the resulting page, you will find the Application Key, which is required for all calls. Copy and save it for later use.

    

Find and save the Application Key.

1. To find and save an regenerate the Application Key to access this application, navigate to My Workspace and choose your application from the list, for example, Supplier Slack App.

   

2. Select the application entry and find the Application Key.

   

3. Save it for later use within the Cloud Integration.

Create a Slack channel.

1. Navigate to Home and select your API tile, for example, Supplier Slack.

   

2. Select Channels → POST /channels and choose the Try out button.

3. Insert the previously saved API Key into the Authorization header field.

   

4. Insert in the body object > name: purchaseorder<current date> (for example, purchaseorder031021) and choose Execute .

   Hint

   The name of the channel has to be in lowercase notation.

Find and save the channel ID.

1. If the request is successful, you retrieve a response containing the created channel. Look for the ID of your channel in the response message. Save it.

   

2. After that, you can check again with a GET request. To do this, select the Slack tile to open the API. Navigate to channels → GET/channels{channelId}. Enter the API key and channel ID in the requested fields.

Copy and save the required URLs for later use.

1. Navigate to channels → POST /channels and choose the Try outbutton.

   

2. Insert the previously saved API Key in the Authorization header field and the channel ID in the channelId field.

3. Insert a test message into the "text": property in the body, for example, check031021. Then, select Execute.

   

4. Copy the Request URL and save it for later use.

   

5. Now you can open your workspace in Slack to find your newly created channel with the message.

   

   Summary:

   You have deployed a working API in API Business Hub Enterprise. The API can now be used for communication in the next steps.