Hi,

We're trying to use Catalog Properties in the "Catalog Settings" section. Using the below statement to get the value of the property in the API.

var toggle = "$(counterapi-toggle)";

apim.setvariable('enableCounter',toggle);

The extraction of the value is working but when the value is changed to another - the updated value is not being set to the variable. Instead, the older value itself is being fetched. Cloud anyone please help us understand if we're missing something and also, how long it ideally takes to fetch the updated value. 

Thanks, Tanuja

@Steve Linn - Could you please help me with this?

Hi Tanjja,
A catalog property is substituted by the API Manager at time of publish.  If you change a catalog property value, those already published APIs will maintain the old value until they are republished which is where the substitution of the new catalog property value would happen.  As far as the Gateway is concerned, it knows nothing about a catalog property.  What is deployed to the Gateway would have the actual current value.

Best Regards,
Steve Linn

Hi,

We're trying to use Catalog Properties in the "Catalog Settings" section. Using the below statement to get the value of the property in the API.

var toggle = "$(counterapi-toggle)";

apim.setvariable('enableCounter',toggle);

The extraction of the value is working but when the value is changed to another - the updated value is not being set to the variable. Instead, the older value itself is being fetched. Cloud anyone please help us understand if we're missing something and also, how long it ideally takes to fetch the updated value. 

Thanks, Tanuja

@Steve Linn - Could you please help me with this?

Hi Steve,

Thanks so much for the response. But do you think there is any way to configure a flag and make use of it without touching the code each time there are minor changes in the API related to flag's value?

Thanks,

Tanuja.

Hi Tanjja,
A catalog property is substituted by the API Manager at time of publish.  If you change a catalog property value, those already published APIs will maintain the old value until they are republished which is where the substitution of the new catalog property value would happen.  As far as the Gateway is concerned, it knows nothing about a catalog property.  What is deployed to the Gateway would have the actual current value.

Best Regards,
Steve Linn

Hi,

We're trying to use Catalog Properties in the "Catalog Settings" section. Using the below statement to get the value of the property in the API.

var toggle = "$(counterapi-toggle)";

apim.setvariable('enableCounter',toggle);

The extraction of the value is working but when the value is changed to another - the updated value is not being set to the variable. Instead, the older value itself is being fetched. Cloud anyone please help us understand if we're missing something and also, how long it ideally takes to fetch the updated value. 

Thanks, Tanuja

@Steve Linn - Could you please help me with this?

Hi Steve,

Thanks so much for the response. But do you think there is any way to configure a flag and make use of it without touching the code each time there are minor changes in the API related to flag's value?

Thanks,

Tanuja.

Hi Tanjja,
A catalog property is substituted by the API Manager at time of publish.  If you change a catalog property value, those already published APIs will maintain the old value until they are republished which is where the substitution of the new catalog property value would happen.  As far as the Gateway is concerned, it knows nothing about a catalog property.  What is deployed to the Gateway would have the actual current value.

Best Regards,
Steve Linn

Hi,

We're trying to use Catalog Properties in the "Catalog Settings" section. Using the below statement to get the value of the property in the API.

var toggle = "$(counterapi-toggle)";

apim.setvariable('enableCounter',toggle);

The extraction of the value is working but when the value is changed to another - the updated value is not being set to the variable. Instead, the older value itself is being fetched. Cloud anyone please help us understand if we're missing something and also, how long it ideally takes to fetch the updated value. 

Thanks, Tanuja

@Steve Linn - Could you please help me with this?

hi Steve,

could you guide me to get the catalog properties I created in catalog properties inside catalog settings from manage tab, how can I get them inside a gatewayscript used in the api flow ( I've checked I'm using the same catalog ) I used => apim.getvariable('catalog.properties.u*******e') =>  

could you advise how I could get these values ??? should I add them inside the api cataloge properties inside the api itself ?

Hi Steve,

Thanks so much for the response. But do you think there is any way to configure a flag and make use of it without touching the code each time there are minor changes in the API related to flag's value?

Thanks,

Tanuja.

Hi Tanjja,
A catalog property is substituted by the API Manager at time of publish.  If you change a catalog property value, those already published APIs will maintain the old value until they are republished which is where the substitution of the new catalog property value would happen.  As far as the Gateway is concerned, it knows nothing about a catalog property.  What is deployed to the Gateway would have the actual current value.

Best Regards,
Steve Linn

Hi,

We're trying to use Catalog Properties in the "Catalog Settings" section. Using the below statement to get the value of the property in the API.

var toggle = "$(counterapi-toggle)";

apim.setvariable('enableCounter',toggle);

The extraction of the value is working but when the value is changed to another - the updated value is not being set to the variable. Instead, the older value itself is being fetched. Cloud anyone please help us understand if we're missing something and also, how long it ideally takes to fetch the updated value. 

Thanks, Tanuja

@Steve Linn - Could you please help me with this?

Hi,

you can access as context.get('variable name')

or you can refer as $(variableName) in gateway script. 

hi Steve,

could you guide me to get the catalog properties I created in catalog properties inside catalog settings from manage tab, how can I get them inside a gatewayscript used in the api flow ( I've checked I'm using the same catalog ) I used => apim.getvariable('catalog.properties.u*******e') =>  

could you advise how I could get these values ??? should I add them inside the api cataloge properties inside the api itself ?

Hi Steve,

Thanks so much for the response. But do you think there is any way to configure a flag and make use of it without touching the code each time there are minor changes in the API related to flag's value?

Thanks,

Tanuja.

Hi Tanjja,
A catalog property is substituted by the API Manager at time of publish.  If you change a catalog property value, those already published APIs will maintain the old value until they are republished which is where the substitution of the new catalog property value would happen.  As far as the Gateway is concerned, it knows nothing about a catalog property.  What is deployed to the Gateway would have the actual current value.

Best Regards,
Steve Linn

Hi,

We're trying to use Catalog Properties in the "Catalog Settings" section. Using the below statement to get the value of the property in the API.

var toggle = "$(counterapi-toggle)";

apim.setvariable('enableCounter',toggle);

The extraction of the value is working but when the value is changed to another - the updated value is not being set to the variable. Instead, the older value itself is being fetched. Cloud anyone please help us understand if we're missing something and also, how long it ideally takes to fetch the updated value. 

Thanks, Tanuja

@Steve Linn - Could you please help me with this?

Hi,

you can access as context.get('variable name')

or you can refer as $(variableName) in gateway script. 

hi Steve,

could you guide me to get the catalog properties I created in catalog properties inside catalog settings from manage tab, how can I get them inside a gatewayscript used in the api flow ( I've checked I'm using the same catalog ) I used => apim.getvariable('catalog.properties.u*******e') =>  

could you advise how I could get these values ??? should I add them inside the api cataloge properties inside the api itself ?

Hi Steve,

Thanks so much for the response. But do you think there is any way to configure a flag and make use of it without touching the code each time there are minor changes in the API related to flag's value?

Thanks,

Tanuja.

Hi Tanjja,
A catalog property is substituted by the API Manager at time of publish.  If you change a catalog property value, those already published APIs will maintain the old value until they are republished which is where the substitution of the new catalog property value would happen.  As far as the Gateway is concerned, it knows nothing about a catalog property.  What is deployed to the Gateway would have the actual current value.

Best Regards,
Steve Linn

Hi,

We're trying to use Catalog Properties in the "Catalog Settings" section. Using the below statement to get the value of the property in the API.

var toggle = "$(counterapi-toggle)";

apim.setvariable('enableCounter',toggle);

The extraction of the value is working but when the value is changed to another - the updated value is not being set to the variable. Instead, the older value itself is being fetched. Cloud anyone please help us understand if we're missing something and also, how long it ideally takes to fetch the updated value. 

Thanks, Tanuja

@Steve Linn - Could you please help me with this?

Hi Pratap and Basma,

In GatewayScript, variable substitution in the source code using $(varname) is not supported in APIC v10 as it was a security concern for code substitution.  You must use context.get of the variable name.  Having said that, as noted earlier in this thread I believe, catalog properties are substituted at publish time, not runtime, so the proper method is to use a set variable policy to set some variable you name for use in your API such as myu****e using the variable source of $(catalogvariablename) ... note not catalog.properties.u*******e but simply u*******e.  The GatewayScript would then use context.get('myu*****e').

Regards,

Steve

Hi,

you can access as context.get('variable name')

or you can refer as $(variableName) in gateway script. 

hi Steve,

could you guide me to get the catalog properties I created in catalog properties inside catalog settings from manage tab, how can I get them inside a gatewayscript used in the api flow ( I've checked I'm using the same catalog ) I used => apim.getvariable('catalog.properties.u*******e') =>  

could you advise how I could get these values ??? should I add them inside the api cataloge properties inside the api itself ?

Hi Steve,

Thanks so much for the response. But do you think there is any way to configure a flag and make use of it without touching the code each time there are minor changes in the API related to flag's value?

Thanks,

Tanuja.

Hi Tanjja,
A catalog property is substituted by the API Manager at time of publish.  If you change a catalog property value, those already published APIs will maintain the old value until they are republished which is where the substitution of the new catalog property value would happen.  As far as the Gateway is concerned, it knows nothing about a catalog property.  What is deployed to the Gateway would have the actual current value.

Best Regards,
Steve Linn

Hi,

We're trying to use Catalog Properties in the "Catalog Settings" section. Using the below statement to get the value of the property in the API.

var toggle = "$(counterapi-toggle)";

apim.setvariable('enableCounter',toggle);

The extraction of the value is working but when the value is changed to another - the updated value is not being set to the variable. Instead, the older value itself is being fetched. Cloud anyone please help us understand if we're missing something and also, how long it ideally takes to fetch the updated value. 

Thanks, Tanuja

@Steve Linn - Could you please help me with this?