--- title: createApiService slug: /main-concepts/metadata-standard/schemas/api/services/createapiservice --- # CreateApiServiceRequest *Create API Service entity request* ## Properties - **`name`**: Name that identifies the this entity instance uniquely. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName)*. - **`displayName`** *(string)*: Display Name that identifies this API service. It could be title or label from the source services. - **`description`**: Description of API service entity. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown)*. - **`serviceType`**: Refer to *[../../entity/services/apiService.json#/definitions/apiServiceType](#/../entity/services/apiService.json#/definitions/apiServiceType)*. - **`connection`**: Refer to *[../../entity/services/apiService.json#/definitions/apiConnection](#/../entity/services/apiService.json#/definitions/apiConnection)*. - **`tags`** *(array)*: Tags for this API Service. Default: `null`. - **Items**: Refer to *[../../type/tagLabel.json](#/../type/tagLabel.json)*. - **`owners`**: Owners of this API service. Refer to *[../../type/entityReferenceList.json](#/../type/entityReferenceList.json)*. Default: `null`. - **`dataProducts`** *(array)*: List of fully qualified names of data products this entity is part of. - **Items**: Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName)*. - **`domain`** *(string)*: Fully qualified name of the domain the API Service belongs to. Documentation file automatically generated at 2025-01-15 09:05:25.266839+00:00.