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What are the prerequisite to create a custom api in business central.

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VS Code

AL Language extension installed in VS Code

A BC sandbox environment or Docker Image of BC

AL API page

Following a basic guide is helpful but not a prerequisite: Developing a custom API - Business Central | Microsoft Docs

It will mention any properties of the page that are essential such as the below

APIVersion = 'v1.0'; APIPublisher = 'bctech'; APIGroup = 'demo';

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Refer to API V2 Extension Source to see how Microsoft build these API Pages.

The Extension source is available in product DVD.

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Hi, kauffmann' blog can help a lot.

Here is one of them:

https://www.kauffmann.nl/2021/03/12/extending-standard-apis-1/

Hope this will help.

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ZHU

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