API Fortress

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Sample Code

These samples are meant to provide a helpful starting point for your custom integration. Though you may be able to copy some of the samples and use them without modifications, your system administrators must review and test all scripts and methods before using them, as per good practices.

API Fortress is a platform for the entire API lifecycle, from design to launch. A platform that monitors the performance of your APIs, validates the accuracy of the entire payload, and provides real-time insights to all stakeholders. Without any coding, and entirely automated. Achieve true test-driven development.

Before You Integrate

• Ensure that you have Manager Access to a paid API Fortress Account.
• Set up a BigPanda Account.

Install the Integration

Configure the connector to send alerts to BigPanda

1. In API Fortress, click the gear icon, and then click Alert Groups. This section manages all the API Fortress connectors.

2. Enter a Label for the integration. For example, enter BigPanda.

3. Click Edit Connectors, and then click +Connector to this Group.

4. Select the BigPanda.io connector.

5. Enter the authorization header and app key from BigPanda.

   • App key: <Your App Key>
   • Bearer Token: <Your Org Bearer Token>

6. Click the check icon. API Fortress now sends all alerts from scheduled events to BigPanda.

Test the Integration by sending a Test Alert

1. In API Fortress, add an incorrect assertion in your test and schedule it to run.
2. In BigPanda, go to the Incidents tab to confirm that the test alert was received. Be sure to clean up any test data in API Fortress and resolve the incident in BigPanda.

Delete the Integration

Deleting an integration requires that you remove the integration in both the integrated system and BigPanda. We recommend that you first uninstall the integration on the integrated system to prevent traffic from being sent and rejected by BigPanda, since the app_key will not exist once you delete the integration in BigPanda.

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Caution During Replacement

When replacing an existing integration with a new tool or system, we recommend configuring the new integration first to ensure no data is lost.

Deactivate Inbound Integration

If you want to stop sending data to BigPanda but don’t want to delete your integration, you can temporarily deactivate it.

This feature is currently only available for inbound integrations.

To deactivate an inbound integration:

1. In BigPanda, navigate to the Integrations tab and select the desired integration from the list. This will open integration details on the right side of the window.
2. At the top of the integration details, click the Active/Inactive toggle next to the application name to change the status of the integration.

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Alert Resolution for Inactive Integrations

Any active alerts belonging to an inactive integration must be manually resolved or they will stay in the system until the auto-resolve window is reached.

In the integrations list, inactive integrations will be marked with a gray bar.

Stop Sending Data from BigPanda

In BigPanda, disable any settings that send data to the integrated system. This includes modifying or removing AutoShare rules or Environments that are tied to the integration.

Delete the Integration in BigPanda

Take the following steps to delete the integration from BigPanda:

1. In BigPanda, navigate to the Integrations tab and select the desired integration from the list.
2. In the integration details on the right of the page, click the trash icon, then confirm you want to delete the integration. The integration will be removed immediately.

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Data Removal

All active alerts from the integration will be resolved after deletion.