Consume SCP APIs in ABAP via API-M

[rrmalgi]

Dear Experts,

I understand that (ABAP)backend APIs can be exposed using API-M and consumed by several digital apps.

However, can ABAP consume APIs built on SCP and exposed using API-M?

Request the experts to share more details on this please. Specifically where API-M is involved

Regards,

Malgi

[RichHeilman]

Hi, you should explore the ABAP HTTP classes. There is a lot of documentation out there about consuming and exposing over HTTP in ABAP.

For example https://blogs.sap.com/2014/11/09/calling-an-external-restful-service-from-abap-http-method-get/

Cheers,

Rich Heilman

[mariusobert]

I don't see why this shouldn't be possible. You can use API Management to create API on top of any web resource. This post here also puts an API on top of an SAP Cloud Platform application. Instead of the Alexa app, you would have an ABAP system that consumes the API.

[rrmalgi]

Thanks Marius for your response. Logically I understand the technical possibility but I was not sure of how this can be consumed in an ABAP system and if there are any limitations on ABAP side as I have little knowledge on the ABAP side of development.

[Especially a RESTful API with JSON message format]

Regards,

Malgi