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Process images as multipart/form-data

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Hello all, we are back with an interesting post. We had a requirement recently where we have to download an image from an endpoint and then post it to backend as an attachment (image/jpeg) along with the image name as multipart/form-data. The backend is hosted as an OPEN API specification. So far the requirement is clear right..then what are some of the thoughts on this? Our thought process on this: 1) Tools we have   -->   IIB, Datapower 2) Download an image from endpoint     -->    Ok where do we get this endpoint details, do we have any security setups to be done? In which format will it be downloaded? If it is image/jpeg, how can my tools handle this data? 3) Post it to backend as an attachment (image/jpeg)    -->  As we are core into middleware technologies, the first question that came to mind is how and in which format we can download an image and process it to backend…since buffering the image in any local directories is not a va

Installing IBM API Connect v2018.4.1.x on VMware

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Hey, Our first blog would be on IBM API connect v2018.4.1.x latest version installation. It is offered in several deployment options  such as cloud public, cloud private, on premise and reserved instance. In this post, I will walk you through the on-premise installation. There are various options (VMware, K8s, ICP and OpenShift) available to setup the environment. After lot of research, I have chosen VMware as it is easy and quick to setup. So I would like to share the process that I have followed to setup this environment and to start exploring the new version. Installing IBM API Connect v2018.4.1.x on VMware To install and setup a simple API Connect v2018 environment on-premises, we need to setup the below API Connect components: API Manager Analytics Developer Portal DataPower Gateway Deployment requirements on VMware 4 Linux/Unix VMs with the below configuration(minimum) 4 core CPU 16 GB RAM Verify you have access to Passport Advantage® to download t