how-to-create-a-custom-collection.md

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Explore about creating a custom collection from scratch or using another collection.

Create a custom collection

Create a custom collection from scratch

Akto allows you to create a custom collection from scratch using APIs from other collections.

In the demonstration below, we have illustrated the steps to help you create a custom collection from scratch.

Go to API Discovery > API Collection. Click on Create new collection to open then dialog and click on Add endpoints. Then you can add endpoints using different conditions as per your requirement and click on Create to save the collection.

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Create a custom collection from another collection

Akto allows you to create a custom collection directly from other collections.

In the demonstration below, we have illustrated the steps to help you create a custom collection from another collection.

Go to API Discovery > API Collection. Go to any collection whose APIs you want to add in the collection and select those APIs. Then click on Add to API Group to open the selection dialog box. Choose any API group from there or create a new one as per your requirements.

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NOTE: Adding APIs to a custom collection creates a reference to the original APIs in the custom collection. It does not duplicate them. Thus any changes to the original APIs are automatically reflected in the custom collections.