Extensions API

The Extensions API is a REST API used by the Marketplace Platform to manage extensions and everything around them. It lets you:

  • Create, read, update, delete, review, publish and unpublish extensions.

  • Create and maintain categories, then link extensions to them.

  • Manage the documentation for the extension, including publish/unpublish documentation.

  • Upload and manage images and videos.

  • Manage terms and conditions and their variants.

  • Track installations.

Core Concepts

The Extensions API is built around the following core resources:

  • Category - Enables the operator to add, view, or delete the category object.

  • Document - Allows uploading supplementary documentation to an extension, either via a file upload or an online link.

  • Extension - Represents a set of requirements (parameters) that vendors ask their clients to meet.

  • Media - Allows vendors to add, view, and delete media associated with an extension.

  • Terms - Represents a collection of documents associated with an extension, including uploaded PDF or DOCX files or links to externally hosted documents.

  • Variant - Represents a specific version of terms for an extension, provided as an uploaded PDF or DOCX file or a link to an externally hosted document.

  • Instance - Represents a running instance in the database, such as a Kubernetes pod, with its current status, for example, running.

  • Installation - Allows an operator to add, view, and delete installations.

  • Invitation - Allows a vendor to create and send an invitation.

Collections

The API is organized into collections, each containing a set of operations. Access to these operations varies by role, depending on whether you are a client, vendor, or operations user.

Refer to the following capability matrix to see which roles are authorized to perform specific operations within each collection:

Extension

Capability
Client
Vendor
Operations

List all extensions

Get extension

Create extension

Update extension by ID

Delete extension

Publish extension

Unpublish extension

Categories

Capability
Client
Vendor
Operations

List categories

Get category

Create category

Update category

Delete category

Activate category

Deactivate category

Documents

Capability
Client
Vendor
Operations

List documents

Get document

Create document

Update document

Delete document

Publish document

Unpublish document

Media

Capability
Client
Vendor
Operations

List extension media

Get extension media

Create extension media

Update media for an extension

Delete media for an extension

Publish media for an extension

Unpublish media for an extension

Installation

Capability
Client
Vendor
Operation

Create installation or invitation

Update installation

List installation

Get installation

Delete installation

Get a list of installations

Get an item of installation

Redeem invitation

Instance

Capability
Client
Vendor
Operation

Create extension instance

List extension instance

Get extension instance

Terms

Capability
Client
Vendor
Operations

List terms

Get terms

Create terms

Update terms

Delete terms

Mark terms for review

Publish terms

Unpublish terms

Variant

Capability
Client
Vendor
Operations

List all variants for terms

Get variant for terms

Create variant

Update variant

Delete variant

Mark variant for review

Publish variant

Unpublish variant

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