Product Management

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Chapter 1 Administration : Product Management

Product Management

Product management is typically performed by product managers, or by portal administrators in the absence of a product manager. The product manager or portal administrator creates and manages APIs, products, and product plans.

In the current release, the portal administrator performs the product management tasks.

The Developer Portal is available if Adapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! 2.1.1 is installed in your environment. The portal administrator can use the portal to perform the management tasks. Refer to the Adapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! 2.1.1 documentation for detailed instructions.

Managing APIs

Managing APIs consists of creating and publishing APIs and operations for the portal users to browse and test.

The portal administrator first creates one or more APIs, which are then associated with products. When creating the APIs, the portal administrator specifies the following information:

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The type of API — REST or SOAP.

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The environments in which the APIs are usable; the APIs must be provisioned in the selected environments.

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Any specification artifacts used by the API (Swagger specifications for REST APIs or WSDL specifications for SOAP APIs). Ensure that the specification artifacts are available for upload.

The REST API resource paths specified must be unique for a product.

If you are using Adapter Code for TIBCO API Exchange and Joomla! 2.1.1, specifying duplicate resource paths may result in the swagger specifications being displayed incorrectly in the API explorer.

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Downloadable documentation.

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Available inline documentation.

Managing Products and Associated Plans

Once the APIs are created, the portal administrator can create products and associate APIs with the products. When creating a product, the portal administrator also specifies the information such as product category, documentation, and any product specific terms or conditions.

The portal administrator can add one or more plans to a product. When creating a plan, the portal administrator specifies information such as the plan name, level, subscription method, price, rate limit, quota limit, and so on.