*This page
applies to **Apigee** and **Apigee hybrid**.*


*View [Apigee Edge](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/what-apigee-edge) documentation.*
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In this step, you will create a simple API proxy that calls a mock target service.

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **Apigee \> Proxy development \> API proxies** page.

   [Go to API proxies](https://console.cloud.google.com/apigee/proxies)
2. Be sure that your organization name is selected from the project picker in the **Google Cloud** pane. The organization name is the same as your Google Cloud project name.
3. Click **+ Create**.
4. In the **Create a proxy** pane, under **Proxy template** , select **Reverse proxy (Most common)**. A reverse proxy simply routes incoming traffic to a backend service.
5. Under **Proxy details** , enter the following:
   - **Proxy name:** Enter `myproxy`. The remaining steps in this section assume that this is your proxy's name.
   - **Base Path** : Automatically set to the value you enter for `Proxy name`. The **Base
     Path** is part of the URL used to make requests to your API. Apigee uses the URL to match and route incoming requests to the proper API proxy.
   - **Description (Optional)**: Enter a description for your new API proxy, such as "Testing Apigee with a simple proxy."
   - **Target (Existing API)** : Enter `https://mocktarget.apigee.net`. This defines the target URL that Apigee invokes on a request to the API proxy. The mocktarget service is hosted at Apigee and returns simple data. It requires no API key or access token.
   - **Space (Optional)** : If your organization has Apigee Spaces enabled, you can associate the API proxy with a Space selected from the list of available options. For more information, see [Apigee Spaces overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-platform/system-administration/spaces/apigee-spaces-overview).
   - Click **Next**.
6. Under **Deploy (optional)** leave the **Deployment environments** field unchanged. In this example, you just create the proxy without deploying it at this stage. You can also ignore the **Service Account** field. Leave it blank.
7. Click **Create** .

   Apigee creates the new proxy and displays a summary of the proxy details in the
   **Proxy summary** pane.

   ![myproxy summary pane.](https://docs.cloud.google.com/static/apigee/docs/api-platform/get-started/images/myproxy-summary.png)

   The **Deployments** section is empty because
   the proxy has not yet been deployed.
8. In the **Revisions** section under **Endpoint summary** , click **View** .

   The endpoints view pane displays:
   - **Proxy endpoints** : The basepath you set for the proxy, which in this example is `/myproxy`.
   - **Target endpoints** : The basepath you set for the target, which in this example is `https://mocktarget.apigee.net`.
9. Click **Close** to return to the Proxy summary page.

Next you'll deploy the API proxy. A proxy must be deployed before it can be used by a client.
[1](https://docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-platform/get-started/create-proxy) [(NEXT) Step 2: Deploy the API proxy](https://docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-platform/get-started/deploy-proxy) [3](https://docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-platform/get-started/test-proxy) [4](https://docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-platform/get-started/change-endpoint) [5](https://docs.cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-platform/get-started/add-policy)

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