Terms
This topic describes the basic concepts of APIs, groups, service units, and applications.
Basic Concepts | Description |
Service unit | A unified metadata configuration for data tables. |
Application | An entity that consumes data services by invoking APIs. |
Group | A method to categorize and manage data services and applications based on specific features or scenarios. |
API service | A centralized display of published APIs. This service is also known as the API marketplace. |
Metadata management | The unified configuration and management of unstructured data tables into a structured (two-dimensional) format. |
Network configuration | Basic network settings that allow an application to successfully invoke APIs. These include domain name and VPC whitelist configurations. Note If you are a public cloud user, you must configure a VPC whitelist. |
Call example | Instructions for an application to invoke an API. |