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# Build API Proxies
SAP Integration Suite provides a common platform for API designers to define and publish APIs. Every SAP Integration Suite customer is provided with their own SAP Integration Suite application on cloud. The SAP Integration Suite offers capabilities to configure systems, build and publish APIs, analyze and test APIs.
## Prerequisites
Before you start the process of building APIs, it is important to understand the different artifacts associated to an API. For more information, see [Key Components of an API](key-components-of-an-api-19c0654.md).
## Context
To expose an API, you first need to create a system so you can connect to the API provider. After you have done this, you can create APIs by associating policies to it. Once you associate the policies and your API is ready to use, you test it using the API test console.
To build an API, you need to perform the following tasks:
## Procedure
1. [Create an API Provider](create-an-api-provider-6b263e2.md).
2. [Different Methods of Creating an API Proxy](different-methods-of-creating-an-api-proxy-4ac0431.md).
3. [Associate policies to an API](policies-7e4f3e5.md).
4. [Test APIs using the API Test Console](https://help.sap.com/viewer/66d066d903c2473f81ec33acfe2ccdb4/Cloud/en-US/3ba6151391bc474b9f1fa69455f65e3b.html "Use the API Test Console to test the runtime behavior of the API proxies.") :arrow_upper_right:.
> ### Note:
> In order to achieve an effortless navigation to the Developer Hub, choose *Navigation Links*\(\) from the SAP Integration Suite and select **Developer Hub**.
