With the release of version 15, PolyAPI introduces a powerful new feature: Function Replication. This capability allows users to seamlessly copy functions across different instances, tenants, or environments.
Why Function Replication Matters
Function replication is designed to streamline several critical processes:
- Lifecycle Management: Easily promote API functions across various stages, from development to QA, and ultimately to production as part of an automated deployment pipeline. This ensures smooth transitions between environments, reducing friction in the development lifecycle.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Teams can now share their functions more effectively. For example, team A can easily pass their functions to team B, promoting knowledge-sharing and accelerating project progress.
- Project Migration and Re-Organization: When projects are restructured or re-assigned, functions can be seamlessly transferred to another group, ensuring continuity and minimal disruption.
- Content Importation: Users can now import public functions published by Poly and our partners, whether they’re using Poly’s PaaS or self-hosted Kubernetes deployments. This greatly expands access to vital content.
- Global Publishing: Self-hosted customers and partners can also publish their functions to Poly’s global catalog, enriching the community with shared resources.
What Makes This Feature Great?
Function Replication offers significant benefits:
- Flexibility Across Tenants and Instances: Functions can be moved not just within a single tenant but across different customers and instances, bridging the gap between Poly PaaS and self-hosted environments. This creates a unified ecosystem where functions flow freely between users, making collaboration across organizational boundaries a reality.
- Bulk Efficiency: The feature supports bulk movement of functions, enabling faster and more efficient replication processes.
- Intelligent Upsert: This feature intelligently handles mixed function sets, allowing for easy synchronization. Some functions may already exist, while others are new, and the upsert process ensures everything is updated seamlessly in one call.
- Detailed Outcome Reports: After each replication, users receive a comprehensive report showing which functions were added or updated along with their corresponding IDs. Any errors are captured with detailed descriptions, allowing for quick troubleshooting.
- Future UI In Canopy: While currently an API-only feature, a UI is on the horizon, which will make searching, selecting, and managing functions even more streamlined.
Reflecting PolyAPI’s Core Values
At PolyAPI, our vision has always been to transcend boundaries, enabling collaboration across and within enterprises. Function Replication exemplifies this philosophy. It empowers users, customers, and partners to share crucial integration information more efficiently, fostering a community of innovation and knowledge-sharing.
This new feature represents another step in our mission to drive seamless integration experiences while simplifying the complexities of API management and function promotion. If you are interested in learning more, drop us a line at hello@polyapi.io.
