# Creating a REST service

Create a data service using your API definition.

In this section, you will create the following service using your API definition to read and write data in a database. ![Screenshot of the Job in the design workspace of Talend Studio.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-services-getting-started-guide-api-services-platform/Resources/images/service_post.png)

For more information about the components used in this service, see:

* [ESB REST components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/esb-rest/esb-rest-component)
* [tFlowToIterate](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/orchestration/tflowtoiterate)
* [tXMLMap](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/txmlmap/txmlmap-component)
* [tExtractXMLField](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/processing/textractxmlfield)
* [tLogRow](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/logs-and-errors/tlogrow)

### In this section

* [Importing your API definition to Talend Studio](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-services-getting-started-guide-api-services-platform/Cloud/importing-api-definition-in-studio)
* [Creating a database](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-services-getting-started-guide-api-services-platform/Cloud/creating-database)
* [Creating a database connection](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-services-getting-started-guide-api-services-platform/Cloud/creating-database-connection)
* [Creating the service](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-services-getting-started-guide-api-services-platform/Cloud/creating-service)