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Service definitions define REST services and the endpoints of a service.
Defining a service
A service can be defined in HCL Link in a number of ways.

Services
Service definitions define REST services and the endpoints of a service.
- Defining a service
  A service can be defined in HCL Link in a number of ways.
  - Authentication
    Link services define the authenticaiton schemes to be used when invoking an endpoint.
  - Retry strategy
    Properties can be specified in the service definition which determine how to retry an API call should it fail.
  - Parameters
- Defining endpoints
  An endpoint can represent either a single API call or it can be a composite endpoint whereby multiple endpoints can be called in sequence.
- Using service definitions in Link
  Service descriptions can be used in several ways in HCL Link.

Defining a service

A service can be defined in HCL Link in a number of ways.

The service and its endpoints can be manually entered.
A service can be imported from an OpenAPI URL, or file. The import process supports both Swagger V2 and OpenAPI V3 specificaitons.
Imported from a previously exported service.
Imported from a HCL Link REST configuration file.

A service definition contains the following information:

Service name.
The base URL. Endoints defined within the service can specify a path that is relative to this base URL.
Authentication
Retry strategy
Parameters