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Status Under review
Workspace App Connect
Created by Guest
Created on May 10, 2024

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Ability to reload OpenAPI definitions for API's in design

API are intended for reusabilty. Ideally they are grouped by functional relationships, which help assure improved management of the API flow. As a result of these groupings, there will be times will be times when additional methods and changes would need to be added to a group of flows contained in a single API flow Designer Flow.


The problem that arises is that once the API has been cataloged, updates to the methods can not be made by reimporting the OpenAPI without deleting it or creating another. This can have large impacts if the API is used in multiple flows. If a change needs to be made it is possible that every flow that uses the catalogged API will have to be changed.

Need the ability to update API definitions without having to reconnect all flows to a new API definition.

Idea priority High
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    Ben Thompson
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    |     May 10, 2024

    This request poses an interesting conceptual question about the desired lifecycle of the Open API definition and the lifecycle of the flow logic which is then executed. In ACE Toolkit message flows, we separate the API definition yaml from the flow definition (.msgflow) and also have one subflow (separate .subflow) file per operation. This gives users options for controlling the lifecycle of those file assets independently should they so desire. When also considering the wider ramifications within a managed software service (assuming that this requirement is raised within the context of ACEaaS on AWS?), there are further considerations for the internal architecture (such as where Open API definitions need to be pushed to under the covers when updated - potentially into both a gateway component and a flow execution component). Moving status of this request to Under Review for the PM team for ACEaaS on AWS to consider.

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