Add a new API

​ This guide shows you how to add a new API to Monaco that is not included in the table of supported APIs and how to determine whether an API is easy to add. ​

⚠️ Adding APIs to Monaco is straightforward in most cases. However, some APIs require more coding. ​

Determine if an API is easy to add

​ Easy-to-add APIs fulfill the following criteria: ​

• Configuration APIs that implement the following HTTP methods:

  • GET <my-environment>/api/config/v1/<my-config> (get all configs)
  • GET <my-environment>/api/config/v1/<my-config>/<id> (get a single config)
  • POST <my-environment>/api/config/v1/<my-config> (create a new config)
  • PUT <my-environment>/api/config/v1/<my-config>/<id> (change an existing config)
  • DELETE <my-environment>/api/config/v1/<my-config>/<id> (delete a config) ​

• The model of the configuration has a name property:

{
      "id": "acbed0c4-4ef1-4303-991f-102510a69322",
      "name: "my-name"
      ...
}

​

• The GET (all) REST call return id and name: ​

{
    "values": [
      {
        "id": "string",
        "name": "string"
      }
    ]
}

​ If your API fulfills these three criteria, perform the steps in the following section to add it to Monaco. ​

⚠️ If your API does not fulfil these requirements, please open a ticket in Monaco's backlog to get implementation feedback from the maintainers. ​ ​

Add a new API to Monaco

​ Take the following steps to add a new API to Monaco.

1. Open your preferred CLI and enter the following code to add your API to the map in api.go and replace the placeholder values as described below. ​

  "<my-api-folder-name>": {
      apiPath: "<path-to-my-api>",                       // mandatory
      propertyNameOfGetAllResponse: "<property-name>",   // not necessary in case of "values"
  },

​

Placeholder	Description
<my-api-folder-name>	The name of the API, also used for the folder name for the configurations. Study the existing API names to get a feeling for the naming conventions and choose one accordingly.
<path-to-my-api>	Path for your API. Monaco prefixes it with the environment URL to access the configs of your API.
<property-name>	Name of the json property used in the GET ALL REST call to return the list of configs. E.g. it would be extensions, if the response of your PI's GET ALL REST call looks like the snippet below

​

    {
      "extensions": [
        {
          "id": "custom.python.connectionpool",
          "name": "Connection Pool",
          "type": "ONEAGENT"
        }
      ],
        "totalResults": 9,
        "nextPageToken": "LlUdYmu5S2MfX/ppfCInR9M="
      }

​ 2. Add a sample config for the integration tests in cmd/monaco/test-resources/integration-all-configs

​ 3. Add your API to the table of supported APIs. ​

🚀 After performing these steps, please create the pull request in the upstream repository to share it with the community!