diff --git a/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/APIApplicationServicesImpl.java b/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/APIApplicationServicesImpl.java
index d3ffe4b4d4..210a710455 100644
--- a/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/APIApplicationServicesImpl.java
+++ b/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/APIApplicationServicesImpl.java
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ public class APIApplicationServicesImpl implements APIApplicationServices {
             sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
             return sc.getSocketFactory();
         } catch (KeyManagementException | NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            log.error("Error while creating the SSL socket factory due to " + e.getMessage(), e);
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/PublisherRESTAPIServices.java b/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/PublisherRESTAPIServices.java
index f7c4430880..60d93890b2 100644
--- a/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/PublisherRESTAPIServices.java
+++ b/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/PublisherRESTAPIServices.java
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public class PublisherRESTAPIServices {
     public JSONObject getScopes(APIApplicationKey apiApplicationKey, AccessTokenInfo accessTokenInfo)
             throws APIServicesException, BadRequestException {
 
-        String getAllScopesUrl = "https://" + host + ":" + port + Constants.GET_ALL_SCOPES;
+        String getAllScopesUrl = Constants.HTTPS_PROTOCOL + Constants.SCHEME_SEPARATOR + host + Constants.COLON
+                + port + Constants.GET_ALL_SCOPES;
         Request request = new Request.Builder()
                 .url(getAllScopesUrl)
                 .addHeader(Constants.AUTHORIZATION_HEADER_NAME, Constants.AUTHORIZATION_HEADER_PREFIX_BEARER
@@ -87,8 +88,10 @@ public class PublisherRESTAPIServices {
     public boolean isSharedScopeNameExists(APIApplicationKey apiApplicationKey, AccessTokenInfo accessTokenInfo, String key)
             throws APIServicesException, BadRequestException {
 
-        String keyValue = new String(Base64.encodeBase64((key).getBytes())).replace("=", "");
-        String getScopeUrl = "https://" + host + ":" + port + Constants.GET_SCOPE + keyValue;
+        String keyValue = new String(Base64.encodeBase64((key).getBytes())).replace(Constants.QUERY_KEY_VALUE_SEPARATOR,
+                Constants.EMPTY_STRING);
+        String getScopeUrl = Constants.HTTPS_PROTOCOL + Constants.SCHEME_SEPARATOR + host + Constants.COLON
+                + port + Constants.GET_SCOPE + keyValue;
 
         Request request = new Request.Builder()
                 .url(getScopeUrl)
@@ -124,7 +127,8 @@ public class PublisherRESTAPIServices {
     public boolean updateSharedScope(APIApplicationKey apiApplicationKey, AccessTokenInfo accessTokenInfo, Scope scope)
             throws APIServicesException, BadRequestException {
 
-        String updateScopeUrl = "https://" + host + ":" + port + Constants.GET_SCOPE + scope.getId();
+        String updateScopeUrl = Constants.HTTPS_PROTOCOL + Constants.SCHEME_SEPARATOR + host
+                + Constants.COLON + port + Constants.GET_SCOPE + scope.getId();
 
         ScopeUtils scopeUtil = new ScopeUtils();
         scopeUtil.setKey(scope.getKey());
diff --git a/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/constants/Constants.java b/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/constants/Constants.java
index bdc557d3e4..e4dd49b381 100644
--- a/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/constants/Constants.java
+++ b/components/apimgt-extensions/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.apimgt.extension.rest.api/src/main/java/io/entgra/device/mgt/core/apimgt/extension/rest/api/constants/Constants.java
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ public final class Constants {
     public static final String PASSWORD_GRANT_TYPE_SCOPES = "scopes";
     public static final String ACCESS_TOKEN_GRANT_TYPE_PARAM_NAME = "access_token";
     public static final String GRANT_TYPE_PARAM_NAME = "grant_type";
+    public static final String HTTPS_PROTOCOL = "https";
+    public static final String HTTP_PROTOCOL = "http";
+    public static final String SCHEME_SEPARATOR = "://";
+    public static final String COLON = ":";
+    public static final String QUERY_KEY_VALUE_SEPARATOR = "=";
     public static final String IOT_CORE_HOST = "iot.core.host";
     public static final String IOT_CORE_HTTPS_PORT = "iot.core.https.port";
     public static final String GET_ALL_SCOPES = "/api/am/publisher/v2/scopes?limit=1000";
diff --git a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/APIPublisherServiceImpl.java b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/APIPublisherServiceImpl.java
index a38b3cacf8..fb4509858d 100644
--- a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/APIPublisherServiceImpl.java
+++ b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.webapp.publisher/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/webapp/publisher/APIPublisherServiceImpl.java
@@ -433,8 +433,7 @@ public class APIPublisherServiceImpl implements APIPublisherService {
                             //Set scope id which related to the scope key
                             JSONArray scopeList = (JSONArray) scopeObject.get("list");
                             for (int i = 0; i < scopeList.length(); i++) {
-                                JSONObject scopeObj = null;
-                                scopeObj = scopeList.getJSONObject(i);
+                                JSONObject scopeObj = scopeList.getJSONObject(i);
                                 if (scopeObj.getString("name").equals(scopeMapping[2] != null ?
                                         StringUtils.trim(scopeMapping[2]) : StringUtils.EMPTY)) {
                                     scope.setId(scopeObj.getString("id"));