Version 23.0.9145

• Hosting CData API Server
• Surfacing APIs

CData API Server is built on top of an application framework that provides web services, authentication, encryption, and automation facilities. You can run API Server on any web container that runs .NET or Java.

Both the .NET and Cross-Platform editions include a standalone server. For details about how to install and start the standalone server, see Installation and Configuration.

Hosting CData API Server

You can host the Cross-Platform edition of API Server on a Java web server by deploying the WAR file to any Java servlet container. See Cross-Platform Edition for the steps to host the API Server on major Java web servers.

For the .NET edition, you can use the embedded server or you can deploy API Server in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).

Surfacing APIs

The following sections explain, in order, the steps that you need to follow to expose an API for your data source:

1. Connecting to Your Data Store
2. Building the API
3. Configuring the API
4. Querying the API