Open API Dashboard for Secure Developer Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service provider companies face challenges in managing access to sensitive data while allowing secure access for developers, controlling access, and managing billing efficiently, which hinders the adoption of developer-provided applications due to cumbersome management processes.
Innovation Solution
An open API dashboard system and method for managing developer applications, including a graphical user interface for requesting API keys, generating temporary and production keys, and a database for storing data, with features like a sandbox environment for testing and a key management system to control access and billing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If access control measures are implemented to protect financial data, then data security is improved, but ease of access for developers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an API gateway as an intermediary layer between developers and the financial data system. This gateway handles authentication, authorization, and rate limiting, allowing secure access control while simplifying the developer experience through standardized interfaces and automatic credential validation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables developers to self-manage their access through automated key generation, credential rotation, and usage monitoring. The dashboard allows developers to view their own usage metrics, manage their API keys, and receive billing information without requiring manual intervention from security teams.
2Reliability
If comprehensive access control and monitoring are implemented, then access control is improved, but device complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple access control functions (authentication, authorization, rate limiting, billing) into a single unified API gateway system. This merging reduces the overall system complexity by eliminating the need for separate security components while maintaining comprehensive access control capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The API gateway serves multiple functions simultaneously: it authenticates developers, authorizes specific data access, monitors usage patterns, enforces rate limits, and manages billing. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate systems needed and simplifies the overall architecture.
3Reliability
If manual management of applications and billing is performed, then control is improved, but productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages billing calculations, usage monitoring, and access control without requiring manual intervention. The dashboard presents billing information and usage metrics automatically, allowing the system to self-manage administrative tasks while maintaining accurate control over developer applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors developer usage patterns and provides real-time feedback through the dashboard. This feedback mechanism enables automatic billing calculations, usage-based rate limiting, and performance monitoring, improving management efficiency while maintaining control through automated decision-making.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for an open application programming interface (API) dashboard system for monitoring and managing one or more developer programmed applications configured to use one or more services provided by a service owner are provided. The system includes an application area associated with a corresponding programmed application, each application area including a call metrics group configured to display summarized metrics, a services used group configured to display a listing of each service called by the programmed application and metrics associated with each service, and a key management group configured to prompt a developer of the programmed application to request or revoke a key, wherein the key includes a developer identification, a programmed application identification, and signed certificates relating to services used by the programmed application.