API Providers and using credentials

[Former Member]

I'm working with a SOAP backend which is protected with a username and password. An API Provider for this system has been created and in turn I've setup an API Proxy. What I'm finding is that the credentials from the API Provider don't appear to get presented to the target system. To get around this I have to add a couple of policies to present the credentials using the target endpoint pre-flow (basicAuth).

I've had a look online and only found ODATA examples. I'm wondering because I'm working a SOAP backend, the credentials from the API Provider aren't used? Or perhaps there is someway of accessing the credentials from the API Provider as a variable?

Thanks!

[BHerbold]

Hello Logan,

did you already found a solution?

Thanks
Bernd

[Former Member]

Hi Bernd,

My understanding now is that the credentails stored in the API provider are used only when 'testing' the connection from that area of the system e.g. to check your API provider works, but thats as far as it goes. In my mind it still would make sense that by setting the values there it's available for re-use elsewhere in the system. The setup we're using now is to store credentials as key value maps which are retrieved by a policy in the API proxy. I still feel from a UX perspective, the username and password field in an API provider needs extra clarity around it to denote exactly what it can/can't be used for. Hope that helps!