Use the Azure API Management extension to perform common management operations on your Azure API Management service instances without switching away from Visual Studio Code.
[Azure API Management](https://aka.ms/apimrocks) is a fully managed service that helps customers to securely expose their APIs to external and internal consumers. API Management serves as a facade and a front door for the API implementations and enables their frictionless consumption by developers. Visit [this page](https://aka.ms/apimlove) for more information and resources related to Azure API Management.
All you need is an Azure Subscription to get started. If you don't have one, [click here](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/) for a free subscription with $200 in Azure credits!
If you are not signed in to Azure, you will see a "Sign in to Azure..." link. Alternatively, you can select "View->Command Palette" in the VS Code menu, and search for "Azure: Sign In".
If you don't have an Azure Account, you can sign up for one today for free and receive $200 in credits by selecting "Create a Free Azure Account..." or selecting "View->Command Palette" and searching for "Azure: Create an Account".
You may sign out of Azure by selecting "View->Command Palette" and searching for "Azure: Sign Out".
To select which subscriptions show up in the extension's explorer, click on the "Select Subscriptions..." button on any subscription node (indicated by a "filter" icon when you hover over it), or select "View->Command Palette" and search for "Azure: Select Subscriptions". Note that this selection affects all VS Code extensions that support the [Azure Account and Sign-In](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-azure-account) extension.
-**Ideas, feature requests and bugs**: We are open to all ideas and we want to get rid of bugs! Use the [Issues](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-apimanagement/issues) section to either report a new issue, share your ideas, or contribute to ongoing discussions.
-**Documentation**: Found a typo or an awkwardly worded sentence? Submit a PR!
-**Code**: Contribute bug fixes, features, or design changes:
- Clone the repository locally and open in Visual Studio Code.
- Install [TSLint for Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin).
- Open the terminal (press `` CTRL+` ``) and run `npm install`.
- To build, press `F1` and type in `Tasks: Run Build Task`.
- Debug: press `F5` to start debugging the extension.
Before we can accept your pull request you will need to sign a **Contribution License Agreement**. All you need to do is to submit a pull request, then the PR will get appropriately labelled (e.g. `cla-required`, `cla-norequired`, `cla-signed`, `cla-already-signed`). If you already signed the agreement we will continue with reviewing the PR, otherwise system will tell you how you can sign the CLA. Once you sign the CLA all future PR's will be labeled as `cla-signed`.
### Code of Conduct
This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/). For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.
## Telemetry
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