# Provider Mission - Get Your Initial API Traffic
# Introduction
In this mission, we will guide you on how to get your initial API traffic.
# Key Steps
Go to your API Portal and log in with API User account
Click API Collection and click on the API card
Direct to the Endpoints tab. Then, use Try It Out with the required parameters.
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Note that the time needed for the API to respond may vary depending on the complexity of the API. After clicking Try It Out on an API, it takes 5-15 minutes to reflect the analytics on Provider Admin Portal.
# Step-by-step Guide
- Go to your API Portal and log in with API User account
- Click API Collection and click on the API card
- Go to the Endpoints tab and use Try It Out with the required parameters
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Note that the time needed for the API to respond may vary depending on the complexity of the API. After clicking Try It Out on an API, it takes 5-15 minutes to reflect the analytics on Provider Admin Portal.
Congratulations! You have successfully got your initial API traffic. Please get more developers to subscribe and use your APIs. Generally, the more traffic your API has, the higher the monetization of the API will be. Now, you have completed Provider Mission - Get Your Initial API Traffic and your mission progress can be found in the Provider Admin Portal (opens new window).
Please go to Provider Mission - Configure Your Portal Theme & Display Information and learn more essential skills on FabriXAPI or feel free to explore the Provider API Portal.
# What's More
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After finishing Provider Mission - Get Your First API Subscriber and Provider Mission - Get Your Initial API Traffic, you might want to remove the subscription. If you want to do so, please refer to How to manage Developer Subscriptions or Terminate Subscription.