# Preview a portal in API Gateway
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You can preview your portal before you publish it. API Gateway creates a short-lived URL that you can use to preview the version of your portal that customers will see once your portal is published.

## Considerations
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The following considerations might impact how you preview a portal:
+ Try it is not enabled for your preview portal. For more information, see [Enable try it for an API Gateway product REST endpoint in your portal](apigateway-portals-try-it.md).

## Preview a portal
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The following procedure shows how to preview a portal.

**To preview a portal**

1. Sign in to the API Gateway console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/apigateway](https://console.amazonaws.cn/apigateway).

1. In the main navigation pane, choose **Portals**.

1. Choose a portal.

1. Choose **Generate portal preview**.

   Do not refresh your page.

1. After API Gateway generates your preview, choose **Open portal preview**.

   Your portal preview will open in a new tab.