The API Lifecycle represents the complete journey of an API, from initial planning and design to eventual consumption by various stakeholders.
Watch this video to understand the stages of API Lifecycle journey.
API Management in SAP Integration Suite enables users to discover, design, compose, integrate, manage, and secure APIs across the entire landscape. It supports the creation of API proxies, which can be built, tested, published, and monetized within the system. Once the API proxy is created and tested, it is published in a catalog (Developer Hub) for easy access by developers. These developers can then consume the API proxies to build multiexperience applications. Also, the platform offers tools to analyze API proxies, allowing for continuous monitoring and optimization.

Let's start our journey, beginning with creating the API provider and the API proxy in the following lessons.