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This option allows to add the addition of a proxy project to an existing backend REST or HTTP services which can be used for the request types: REST or HTTP respectively.
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Adding a REST/HTTP Service project
To add a REST/HTTP Service project, click the 
Add API Project button the Add 
icon and click the From REST/HTTP Service option.
Figure 1: Navigating to create a project from the REST/HTTP Service
Providing Basic Attributes
Enter values for attributes in the New Backend Service dialog box as described in attributes following descriptions in the table below.
Figure 2: New Backend Service dialog box to provide details of REST/HTTP Service
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| Display Name | A name to act as Project ID to Project display name | Provide a name to represent and identify the project. | ||
| Version | Revision number of the project, for . For example, 1.0 for a project being newly added and 1.1 or 2.0 for the next revision. | |||
| Backend Service Use proxy as endpoint | Use this option if proxy requests are not to be forwarded to the target. | |||
| Target backend service URL | URL of the service provider from where data is to be fetched after implementing the policies that are defined. | |||
| MethodTarget method | HTTP method used by the back end Service to send requests by using the following methods:
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| Proxy Context Path | A Proxy context path | This is a text used to combine with the version number to act as an identifier to map with a particular deployed project. The proxy resolves context path mappings prior to applying any matching policies (explained in subsequent topics).
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| MethodProxy method | HTTP method used by the app application to send requests to the proxy by using the methods GET/POST/PUT/DELETE as explained previously. |
After enetering entering the above details, you may click Finish to create the project, or click Next to:
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Generally, policies are created for a project after adding the project, but while Security policy and Quota policy can be created while creating a project itselfas well. To do this, click Next from the basic properties screen and select the attributes accordinglyas described in the table below.
Figure 4: Options to provide security attributes and enforce Quota
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| Secure API with | Enables security to the requests with the following security options:
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| Enforce Quota | Whether or not to enable the default Quota policy. |
After entering the above details, you may click:
- Finish to create the project
- Next to attach a product to this new project.
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The existing projects get reflected in Select a product to attach to the project from the existing projects listed under the Attach to API Policyproducts drop-down list; select the respective product to attach it to and click Finish to save the project. 
The project gets added to the API Projects screen.
Figure 4: Option to attach an existing product(s) to the project
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The project gets added to the API Projects
Figure 5: Project added to the API Projects screen