Calling Public APIs within Embedded Steampunk: A Practical Guide

Embedded Steampunk, also known as ABAP Cloud on S/4HANA Public Cloud, provides a powerful environment for developing cloud-native extensions directly within your S/4HANA system. A common requirement in such extensions is to interact with existing functionalities exposed as public APIs. While calling external APIs is straightforward, calling a public API hosted within the same S/4HANA tenant from your on-stack ABAP code requires a specific communication setup.

This blog post will guide you through the process, using the Business Partner API (API_BUSINESS_PARTNER) as a practical example, and explain the necessary communication configuration, including the nuanced requirement for two Communication Arrangements.

 

​ Embedded Steampunk, also known as ABAP Cloud on S/4HANA Public Cloud, provides a powerful environment for developing cloud-native extensions directly within your S/4HANA system. A common requirement in such extensions is to interact with existing functionalities exposed as public APIs. While calling external APIs is straightforward, calling a public API hosted within the same S/4HANA tenant from your on-stack ABAP code requires a specific communication setup.This blog post will guide you through the process, using the Business Partner API (API_BUSINESS_PARTNER) as a practical example, and explain the necessary communication configuration, including the nuanced requirement for two Communication Arrangements.   Read More Technology Blog Posts by Members articles 

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