# API Services Portal Release 1.1

All API Services Documentation is now available at: https://bcgov.github.io/aps-infra-platform

The API Services Portal has been updated with changes that include user experience improvements, new features, and enhancements to existing features.

User Experience (UX) Upgrades

The following aspects of the APS Portal user experience have been modernized:

• API Directory → Request Access:
  • Changed the request access flow for easier navigation
  • Modified the user interface to promote consistency and meet accessibility standards
  • Improved the look and feel
• My Access and Applications pages:
  • Modified the user interface to promote consistency and meet accessibility standards
• Namespaces → Authorization Profiles:
  • Changed the editing and creating of authorization profiles for easier navigation
  • Modified the user interface to promote consistency and meet accessibility standards
  • Improved the look and feel
• My Profile page:
  • Added a new user interface to display user profile information

New Features

Organization access management (including membership and namespace assignment) #315:

• Improved validation of Environment activation:
  • Namespace must be assigned to an Organization
  • Product dataset must belong to the same Organization
• Organization Group access displays on the Namespace Access page

Enhancements

• Directory API V2 is released with the following features:
  • Information details for each of Get Namespace Dataset, Product, Content, and Issuer
  • Activity details at the Organization and Namespace levels
  • Configuration for Get Gateway Services
  • Delete option for Environment and Namespace with required (force) verification

Note: Directory API V1 will reach end of life and be deprecated on October 31, 2022; at this time Directory API V1 will be unavailable and no longer supported.

• Cascade deletion of Namespace and/or Environment that includes #342:
  • Revoking of all related consumer access
  • Revoking of Service Accounts
  • Verifying no Gateway Services still exist
  • Logging any activity for the deleted namespace