# APIs

The "APIs Security" enables administrators to manage access to APIs. Only authorized users or roles can view or edit crawled API data. The administrator can view authorized roles and users accessing OvalEdge APIs and grant, deny, or modify access permissions for individual users and roles. 

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Based on the selected Data Source (Connection Name), the corresponding APIs are displayed along with the governance roles, users, and roles with metadata and data permissions on those APIs.

**API Security: Permissions and Governance**

OvalEdge provides granular control over API access through permission management and governance roles.

**Permissions (SGA & OE\_ADMIN only):**

* **Individual and Bulk Management:** Add, modify, or delete Metadata (view/edit) and Data access permissions for users and roles (including Governance Roles) on single or multiple APIs.
* **Role-Based Access Control:** Based on the license limitations, define the level of Metadata and Data access permissions for specific roles.
* **API Admin:** Assign a role as admin for an API, granting them the highest permissions.

**Governance Roles:**

* **Connector Creation:** Define mandatory Governance roles (Owner, Steward, Custodian) during API connector creation.
* **Updating Governance Roles:** Update Governance roles for individual or multiple APIs (with or without cascading changes to all API attributes).
* **Deleting Role Access:** Remove access permissions assigned to roles on individual or multiple APIs.


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