In the User Home page, click the Applications prompt to open the Applications page. Applications that are registered with the Developer Portal appear under this module. This includes:
- Applications subscribed from the API Management:
If the developer is already a client within the Fiorano API Management package, the client subscriptions that are already created and those assigned to the client in the API Management by Organization Users reflect here. In the figure below, the application developer is logged in as 'DeveloperA', so if this user is a client with API Management, the applications subscribed ('SampleApplication' in Figure 1) will reflect here. Applications registered using Developer Portal:
If the developer is newly registered in the Developer Portal, applications can be added from the Developer Portal. These applications also appear in the Applications page ('ConversionApplication' in Figure 3).
Figure 1: My Apps page showing the application creation in API Management
Application Registration
Click the Register button (see the figure above) present at the right side of the My Apps page to register a new application.
In the My Apps page, the developer can provide a logical application ID, name, and a description to the application that implies the nature of the application, and then add the required products by selecting from the ones present below the Register Application section. Available products can be chosen from the Product Id drop-down list. Click the Register button to add the new application to the portal.
Figure 2: The My Apps page which serves as the Registration page
The newly registered application appears in the My Apps page.
Figure 3: My Apps page with the newly registered application
This application can be seen under Client Subscriptions section in the API Management.
Figure 4: Client Subscriptions section reflecting the newly registered application
Application Details
An application is created by grouping products based on the functionality required. To view the Application details along with the products (explained in the below section) under the application, click the Application ID name present in the My Apps module (see the figure above).
Products
A product generally comprises of a group of projects gathered together and made available for the developer. This product is secured with an API Consumer Key when it is subscribed to client(s), that is, when it is encapsulated within an application.
This section in the Developer Portal gives out the Application details comprised of:
- Application name
- ID
- Description
- Details of the Products added:
- Product Id
- Consumer Key
- Consumer Secret
Figure 5: My Apps page with details of the application with list of Products under the application