Create Applications¶
An application is a logical representation of a physical application such as a mobile app, webapp, device, etc. If an application needs to consume an API, it should subscribe to the required API over a selected business plan. The business plan determines the usage quota allowed for the application. A single application can have multiple API subscriptions. Each application has a consumer key and consumer secret pair. The requests to the subscribed APIs are authenticated via the tokens generated using the latter mentioned security credentials.
Applications allow you to:
- Generate and use a single key for multiple APIs.
- Subscribe multiple times to a single API with different service level agreements (SLAs)/business plans that operate on per access token basis.
Let's take a look at the steps you need to follow to create a new application:
Create a new application¶
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Sign in to (WSO2 API Cloud)[https://api.cloud.wso2.com] as an admin user and then access the API Store.
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Click APPLICATIONS.
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Click ADD APPLICATION. Let's create an application with the following details.
Field Value Application Name PizzaShackApp Per Token Quota 10PerMin Description PizzaShack Application -
Enter the application details and click SAVE to create the application. Once you successfully create an application, you will be redirected to the application overview page.
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Click APPLICATIONS to navigate to the Applications listing page. You will see the new application you created listed there.
Note
The application owner can edit or delete the application.