Hi Pubudu,

The API will reside on the Gateway irrespective of its state. So this
action doesn't interrupt existing subscribers or existing consumers of the
API. It only prevents any new subscribers from seeing the API on the store
until republished.

I have thought about introducing a new LC state as well. But that only
doesn't solve this issue. We need to build a mechanism to make a copy of
the API and store the developer's changes elsewhere until a publisher
approves the changes. Building that whole workflow is non trivial and
leaves a lot more to think about as well. Besides, the above usecase is not
standard practice since its not a good idea to make technical changes to
published APIs. But the reality is that the real world needs it and hence
we need to support it.

Thanks,
NuwanD.

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Pubudu Gunatilaka <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Nuwan,
>
> AFAIU, in this case, we are not addressing the original issue. Original
> issue here is changes made by API developers should not be reflected in
> Store and Gateway unless the API publisher publishes the API again. Please
> correct me if I am wrong.
>
> I don't think temporarily removing the API is the best solution if it is
> already serving requests.
>
> What if we introduce another life cycle state and transfer the API to that
> state until API publisher re-publishes the API. In this way, there is no
> effect to the existing API.
>
> Thank you!
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:41 PM, Rukshan Premathunga <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Nuwan,
>>
>> If we demote API back to create, state how we are going to handle
>> subscription already have? Are we going to disable them till the API get
>> publish again?
>>
>> Also can we introduce or use the existing state to allow the API to be
>> update without un-publishing it. once it is done we can publish it again
>> with the changes. Because in if we demote to create state, we cannot have
>> subscription information right?
>>
>> Thanks and Regards
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:15 PM, Nuwan Dias <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On API Manager, API Developers (!= publishers) aren't able to publish an
>>> API to the Store or Gateway. But on API Manager version 2.1.0 and before,
>>> if an API Developer makes an update to an API that is already published,
>>> the changes made by the developer are immediately reflected on the Store
>>> and Gateway. This kind of beats the purpose of preventing API Developers
>>> from publishing APIs to the Store and Gateway directly.
>>>
>>> For API Manager 3.0.0, I suggest that we prevent the API being updated
>>> by API Developers after the API has gone beyond the "CREATED" state. API
>>> Publishers should still be allowed to make updates to the fields they are
>>> eligible for (non technical information). If someone badly needs to update
>>> technical information of a published API, they should first bring the API
>>> to the "CREATED" state, which will make the API disappear temporarily and
>>> bring it back to "PUBLISHED" once the changes are saved.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> NuwanD.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nuwan Dias
>>>
>>> Software Architect - WSO2, Inc. http://wso2.com
>>> email : [email protected]
>>> Phone : +94 777 775 729 <+94%2077%20777%205729>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rukshan Chathuranga.
>> Software Engineer.
>> WSO2, Inc.
>>
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