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Application Developer

Application developers use the API management portal to do the following:

•	Discover and use APIs through an API product catalog.

•	Use a self-service portal for enrollment, key requests, and API testing.

•	Monitor and report on API consumption.

Product Catalog

Public, partner and internal developers browse the product catalog to discover API products available to them and view detailed information about the service, including documentation, technical specifications, examples, and offered plans.

The portal administrator can customize the portal landing page and product pages, including content, colors, styles, and branding elements.

Figure 5 Developer Portal—Product Catalog

 

After selecting a product, users can view product details for the product. Products details include:

•	API Explorer

•	Documentation

•	Product Plans

API Explorer

TIBCO API Exchange provides an API Explorer—a user interface that allows users to browse and test the APIs offered by the provider organization.

Figure 6 shows the API Explorer tab for the Book Explorer product, which is provided with the basic Adapter code installation.

Figure 6 API Explorer

Product Documentation

The product details view for a product includes a Documentation tab, which displays links to the documentation for the product.

Product Plans

The Plans tab in the product page shows product plans that are available for application developers to use. By clicking Request Plan in a plan description, application developers can ask for access.

Figure 7 Product Plans Inventory

 

User Registration

A developer can self-register through the portal to access additional features, including the ability to request access to an API and to manage application keys.

Request Plan Subscription

A developer can request access to a plan to create a product subscription. Depending on the plan setting, access may be granted immediately or the request is forwarded to a product manager for approval.

Bubble help guides developers through their first request.

Figure 8 Subscription Registration

Dashboard

The Developer Portal includes a Dashboard that provides a number of reports and graphs that provide quick summaries of application and product quote usage and performance.

Applications Dashboard

The dashboard provides a summary of registered applications and quota usage.

Figure 9 Application Dashboard

Statistics Dashboard

Users can select the statistics dashboard to view detailed usage and performance statistics by application, by products or by operation. The user can view latency, throughput, and transactions statistics for all applications or for a specified application.

Figure 10 shows the Overview Statistics Dashboard.

Figure 10 Overview Statistics Dashboard

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