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Zero Gravity Feature Catalog 2024
The Zero Gravity Base feature catalog introduces the functionalities of our developer portal product. The Zero Gravity product includes the starting capabilities of a fully functioning external-facing developer portal. It also serves as a base for further development.
Developer self-service
Documentation and functionality designed to support the developers to get all the necessary information to start using the APIs.
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Generic documentation |
This feature provides content editors with a place where they can expose general information about the usage and the services of the developer portal considering the different user needs. It also generates a sidebar navigation based on the topics of the documents. This Feature catalog and all other "Getting started" pages are created using the Generic documentation feature. |
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The heart and soul of a developer portal is the Swagger UI-based API reference page, which is automatically generated when uploading OpenAPI specification files to visualize REST APIs. These technical documentation pages are interactive developer-friendly interfaces with all the necessary functionalities:
REST API reference page example Most non-REST API tooling can produce MarkDown documentation. E.g. AsyncAPI and gRPC. A secondary text field can be added to the API Reference content type, into which MarkDown can be entered, and then non-REST API docs can live side-by-side with REST API docs. |
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Content editors can extend the reference documentation with supplementary technical documentation, e.g., API-related tutorials, release notes, terms and conditions, and architecture diagrams. |
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User Onboarding |
The Zero Gravity Devportal supports the most common user onboarding functionalities:
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Integration with Apigee Edge |
With the Apigee Edge Module, registered users can request keys for the APIs that are stored in Apigee Edge, and see statistics about the usage of the APIs. |
Discoverability
These features make sure that the end users find the relevant documentation content they need and let site administrators collect information about the usage of the portal.
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In the API catalog, every published API reference page is represented as an interactive card which serves as an entry point for both technical and business personas. Filters make browsing the API Catalog easier. |
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Sitewide search |
All users can make full-text searches in the written content of the developer portal which are listed on a search results page. |
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SEO |
The Zero Gravity Developer Portal includes all necessary features for Search Engine Optimization:
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Third-party analytics integration |
Site usage statistics are available via Google Tag Manager, which is part of the Zero Gravity Developer Portal. |
Marketing and branding
Features to communicate your brand identity and to address various user personas of your portal from developers to business.
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Brand-aligned design |
The appearance of the portal is aligned with the company’s brand guidelines as closely as possible. The site’s design is evaluated by the Pronovix UI team and incorporated into the Zero Gravity design system. |
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Content editors can extend the reference documentation with API pages for business personas, e.g., API Overview, Product page, and API-related use cases. |
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Landing page builder |
Landing pages are engaging, conversion-optimized pages that consist of variable and configurable building elements: Content editors can easily add a hero section with main and sub-title, call-to-action buttons, interactive cards, formatted text, and image blocks to feature the most popular APIs, events or to fulfill conversion goals. |
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The blog of a Zero Gravity Devportal can be an important layer of an API program’s developer relation initiative: it helps both engage and grow your developer community. Blogs can help troubleshoot, with articles, and create filterable content for SEO purposes. |
Content administration
Easy-to-handle admin-controlled UIBrand-aligned-based administration user interface to populate the developer portal with content, including automated content upload.
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Editorial experience |
Some of the most popular editorial features:
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Content upload automation |
Enables API developers and technical writers to upload OAS files through an API, and the page is rendered by an industry-standard visualization tool (Swagger UI or Redoc). |
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API documentation structure |
The horizontal API tabs provide an easy-to-use and flexible interface to arrange API documentation pages. |
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User guide |
A detailed guide to managing and maintaining the developer portal. |
Access Management
Features to control user access to certain parts of the portal based on various configuration options.
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Access Control |
The Zero Gravity Developer Portal offers a simple two-level access control for visibility restriction of the content pages, if required but not compulsory. More extensive or more granular access controls can be configured as custom features. |
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Site and user management |
Through the administration interface, site administrators can
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SSO integration |
The Zero Gravity Devportal uses the OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocol to integrate with an IDP system as part of the delivery. |
Support
Complimentary functionality for explanatory and troubleshooting purposes
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Contact form |
Provides end-users with a means of submitting direct questions to the site administrator (or any specified email recipients). |
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FAQ sets |
Content editors can collect the most common support questions and answer them by creating a filterable FAQ page, or reuse FAQs on landing pages, creating an inclusive support experience. |
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Multipurpose text page |
Content editors can create standalone text pages, e.g., a cookie policy, terms of use, a privacy policy, terms and conditions, an agreement, a copyright policy, a disclosure, or an end-user policy to describe these boundaries. |
This document contains the features of the Zero Gravity Base Product v3.x.