SIDGS Smart API Marketplace, Innovative-Integrated

Version 2.8.3.5

Release Notes

Edition: 1.0

July 2023

1 Legal Notices
2 Figures
3 Preface
4 Audience
5 Typographical Conventions
6 Associated Documents
7 Overview
8 Software Versions
9 Features
10 Support
11 New Features/Enhancements
12 SAMi Software licensing
13 Fixed problems
14 Known problems
15 Known limitations
16 Deprecations

Legal Notices

Warranty

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Figures

Figure 1 Components of SAMi

Preface

The Release Notes describe critical information related to the SIDGS SAMi v2.8.3.5

Please read this document before installing or using this software.

Audience

Here are some recommendations based on possible audience profiles: Solution Developers, Software Development Engineers, Product Managers, and QA Engineers.

Typographical Conventions

Font Style	Usage

Font Style

Usage

Courier Font:

Source code and examples of file contents.
Commands that you enter on the screen.
Pathnames
Keyboard key names

Italic Text:

Filenames, programs and parameters.

The names of other documents are referenced in this manual.

Bold Text:

To introduce new terms and to emphasize important words.

Associated Documents

SIDGS SAMi Installation and Configuration Guide
SIDGS SAMi User Guides
SIDGS SAMi Release Notes v2.8.3.5

Overview

Smart API Marketplace
SAMi is a marketplace with a Unified Catalog of API based Products created and managed by the Product and engineering teams

SAMi is a one-stop marketplace for app developers to discover, try, subscribe and use APIs provided by the numerous API Gateways community that focuses on enabling API based Solutions

Below is an architecture outlay for your reference

API Architecture Diagram

Software Versions

The software versions referred to in this document:

Product Version	Supported Platforms

Product Version	Supported Platforms
SIDGS SAMi Server 2.2	AWS, GCP, APIGEE Edge, APIGEE Hybrid, SaaS, OPDK
SIDGS SAMi Server 2.8.3.5	AWS, GCP, APIGEE Edge, APIGEE Hybrid, SaaS, OPDK, X

Features

SAMI Marketplace & Configuration

Unique APIs marketplace with API-Product catalogs, Order, Entitlement, and Fulfillment Management
User Dashboards for Product Owners, Developers, and Partners
Elastic Search for Products across multiple categories
Marketplace styling, Notifications and Alerts

SAMI API Product Management

Unified Product Catalog Management of multiple Product categories
Set Recommendation of Products for user consumption
Monetize API-Products with personalized Rate plans for products with a single product supporting multiple rate plans
User Ratings for products

Subscription Management

Centralized Subscription Management for all category API-products
Active & Inactive subscription listings with individual Active durations & Subscription Approval Management
Profile Management of individual developers, Product Managers, and Administrators
Product Unsubscribe and App disablement options are available

Monetization

Monetize assets
Create Multiple rate plans for users
User-specific product rate-plan capability
Billing Reports with earnings per product and rate plans based
PayPal integration for monetization
Recurring payments for API subscriptions

Assets Management

Manage all assets like SDKs, API specifications, Product Features & FAQs from a single pane
Reuse Assets for Products resulting in efficient portfolio consolidation
Create & manage Product SKUs with versioning & permissions for users
Quick search capabilities and display customizations for individual assets' documentation

Apps & teams

Define Apps & create teams to collaborate on the development
Invite developers/subscribers for APPs
Built-in approvals workflow capability
Unsubscribe users and apps

Publisher Hub

Add and Update Provider Groups
Onboarding SKUs
Inviting Group Owners
Inviting API Providers

API Consumer Management

Unified catalog for all API gateways
Guest user onboarding & unified catalog
API Product Subscription Management
System, Application Alerts, Notifications & Announcements broadcast
Built-in Sandbox capabilities
Real-time Theme-ing & UX capabilities

Upgrade Paths

SAMi v1.0 >> SAMi Mint release
Scratch install SAMi v2.8.3.5

Support

For correspondence contact SIDGS-SAMi support, mail to: sami-connect@sidgs.com for queries, details, upgrades, renewals, or correspondence. For additional information, visit: https://www.mysami.io

The Software support area of the Software Website includes the following:

Downloadable documentation.
Troubleshooting information.
Patches and updates.
Problem reporting.
Training information.
Support program information.

New Features/Enhancements

Following are the new features/enhancements added to the SIDGS SAMi v2.8.3.5

Foundation: GCP Platform Manual Deployment Process is supported
API Management Platform: APIGEE Edge integration is enhanced with bug fixes
SAMi Portal/Subscriber Portal: Changes to SAMi Login pages and Captcha is enabled
Product Management/Product Owner Portal/Products: Create and Update Categories
SAMi Customer Support: Online and Offline SAMi Help Documentation
Manage Assets: Inline Document View, Clone Asset and Assets Approval with Review Workflow is supported.
Apps & Teams: Product Owner Team and approval process for invited users
Partner Management: User Onboarding for partners is enhanced
SAMi Analytics: Publisher/PO Dashboards and Subscriber/Developer Dashboards showcasing analytical data

SAMi Software licensing

For correspondence contact SIDGS-SAMi support, mail to: sami-connect@sidgs.com for queries, details, upgrades, renewals, or correspondence. For additional information, visit: https://www.mysami.io

Fixed problems

The following problems are fixed in this release since the last release.

ID	Description
SM-2	Monetization
SM-312	Implementation of Automatic Recurring Payment
SM-398	Add a "Cancel Subscription" button on a Rate Plan Cards in "Subscribed Rate Plan" Page

Known problems

The following problems are found in this release.

ID	Description
SM-476	Update the Rate Plan and Subscription End Date for the Developer Accepted API

Known limitations

The following limitations are found in this release.

ID	Description
1.	Once a consumer cancels a Rate Plan Subscription, it is mandatory for the consumer to purchase the plan again. Refunding the prorated amount or having access to the Rate Plan till the end of the month is currently not available.
2.	SKUs created using SAMi publisher hub are bound to a single-use proxy & product in APIGEE.

Deprecations

There are no deprecations found in this release.

SIDGS SAMi Release Notes v2.8.3.5