API Gateway
Overview
The ION API Gateway is a NodeJS reverse proxy application. In the simplest terms, ION API gateway accepts incoming HTTP requests from clients (web-apps, mobile-app, fat-clients, etc.), passes the request on to the proper target server, and returns the target server’s response back to the client.
In addition to simply passing requests and responses through, the ION API can add value for adjusting or enriching the request and response via the use of policies. Policies can, for example, add headers to the request or log values from the response.
The following features describe the API Gateway
- Pass-through (Proxy)
- Orchestration
- Hybrid
- Backend as a service (BaaS)
Key Concepts & Definitions
| ION | Intelligent Open Network. Part of the Infor OS technology platform. |
| BOD | Business Object Document. An XML document based on standards from the Open Application Group Integration Specification (OAGIS). |
| ION Desk | A business representation of complex company data for end user consumption. |
| Monitors | Approval matrices contain rules based on parameter evaluation for the distribution of approval tasks. These matrices can be used from Workflow to define approval chains. |
| Workflows | Workflow enables communication from an application to a user. For example, it presents a document for approval or prompts the user to perform a task using a particular screen of an application. |
| Activation Policy | A business representation of complex company data for end-user consumption. |
| Workflow Schedules | Approval matrices contain rules based on parameter evaluation for the distribution of approval tasks. These matrices can be used from Workflow to define approval chains. |
| Business Rules | Approval matrices contain rules based on parameter evaluation for the distribution of approval tasks. These matrices can be used from Workflow to define approval chains. |
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Written Guides
Product documentation serves as the primary reference for understanding specific product functionalities. For online, searchable, and user-friendly resources, refer to the following documentation.
Quick Reference
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Community
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Courses
Infor U Campus offers Learning Paths that combine video-based and instructor-led training. If you are an Infor customer, then check out courses on Infor U Campus. We recommend the following courses specifically for this component: