Astera API Management 10.1 - Release Notes¶

Functionality and Features of Astera API Management¶

API Publishing¶

Astera API Management lets users design an API flow, which opens with Request and Response objects already present in the flow. These can then be used in a pipeline to the application of the user,

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A simple, configured API flow can look like this,

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API Consumption¶

Note: API Consumption is not a new module, it is already present in Centerprise, but it has also been integrated into Astera API Management.

When it comes to the Consumption of APIs, Astera API Management lets users configure an API Connection, its corresponding API Client object, along with an API Browser to maintain various imported or custom API Collections.

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Astera API Management also makes use of various HTTP methods for Consumption such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and PATCH.

More information related to HTTP Methods can be found here.

Apart from that, the product also offers Pagination functionalities, details for which can be found here.

Enhancements to API Consumption¶

Pagination¶

Automated ‘Read till End’ Options for Page Number, Offset-limit Paginations.
Cursor Pagination using body fields
Pagination support added for POST Requests

OAuth2¶

OAuth2 token caching and auto-refresh.

New features of API Consumption¶

OAuth2 and E-Tag¶

OAuth 2 Grant Flow: Authorization Code with PKCE
E-tags for request caching and concurrency control

C-API Connectors¶

Create and manage Custom C-API Connectors

CAPI connectors library,

Zendesk Support
Zendesk Sales CRM
HubSpot CRM
Box API

Other New Features¶

Auto-redirect API calls
Use of Default browser for authentication as an alternative to Embedded Browser
Import postman API collection

Server Browser Functionalities¶

The Server Browser, in Astera API Management, lets the user manage and publish APIs once they have been deployed.

A wide range of functionalities are offered in the deployment of APIs, including setting authentication and security functions.

Within the Server Browser, user roles can be assigned, and specific resources can be provided to each role, respective to their area of application. The Server Browser also has the feature to auto-generate a swagger Url.

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API Monitoring and Logging¶

Once the APIs have been deployed, they can also be viewed in a dashboard present in Astera API Management,

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Finally, users can also utilize Astera API Management for logging and tracing,

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For more information regarding Astera API Management, please visit the documentation site here.