The right way to define an API's base path in Api Connect

Question

Problem:

I have two micro services (in Spring Boot) published in Bluemix's Api Connect. I want to assign a base path to each one so that we have a way to separate them. I.E.:

Path to API 1: https://api.us.apiconnect.ibmcloud.com/[organization]/[catalog]/api1/[endpoint-of-api1] Path to API 2: https://api.us.apiconnect.ibmcloud.com/[organization]/[catalog]/api2/[endpoint-of-api2]

My solution:

Assign a context path to each Api in their application.yml file:

server:
  contextPath: /api1

Even though this works, it doesn't seem right to have a base path for the entire server, when the microservice shouldn't be aware of its external context (the reason for a base path is exclusively to have a separation in Api Connect)

Any ideas?

Check this out: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32927937/how-to-set-base-url-for-rest-in-spring-boot — Chirdeep Tomar, Mar 31 '17 at 15:29
@RobertoParedes: Did the above SO question help solve your issue, or do you still need help? — Joshua Alger, May 17 '17 at 14:18
@JoshuaAlger Nope, this is actually how I have it now. My question was if there is a better way. Like if Api Connect can configure this instead of having to set it in the app configuration — Roberto Paredes, May 17 '17 at 18:49
@RobertoParedes: I added an answer below to show a better way — Joshua Alger, May 18 '17 at 14:20
@JoshuaAlger nice! I'm gonna try that solution. Thanks a lot — Roberto Paredes, May 19 '17 at 19:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '17 at 14:07

In the API Designer you can edit the Base Path and the specific API Paths:

Base Path:

API Paths

To get to these Design settings complete the following steps:

In your API Connect service, click the Drafts section in the Navigation pane and then click the APIs tab:

Click the corresponding API you want to edit and the API Designer will be displayed. Here you can edit the Base Path and API Paths as seen in the sections below:

For more information, please see the following documentation Defining Paths for a REST API.

The right way to define an API's base path in Api Connect

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