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Managing components

Creating a component

Create a component to be reused in several elements in your API.

Procedure

  1. Open your API and click the Components tab in the left panel.
  2. Click the + button to the right of the element for which you want to create a component.
    You can also create a component by clicking the + button to the right of the API name and selecting a type of component.
    Example of creating a component.
  3. Click Add (name of the component).
  4. Edit the parameters of the component.
  5. Click Add.

Results

Your component is created. You can now use it in the corresponding elements.

Cloning a component

Create a component based on an existing one.

Before you begin

You have created a component.

Procedure

  1. Open your API and click the Components tab.
  2. Click the Clone icon to the right of the component that you want to clone.
  3. Edit the component as needed.

Extracting to a component

Extract a path variable, query parameter, header, or response as a component to reuse it in other elements of your API.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the element that you want to extract.
  2. Click the menu to the right of the pencil icon.
  3. Click Extract as component.

Results

Your component is created. You can see it in the Components tab and you can start using it.

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