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Enhancement Request: REST API for Map Import/Export to Enable CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Summary We request a headless REST API for the automated import and export of maps (.mxl, .map, and .txo files). This feature is strictly necessary to integrate SI map deployments directly into our modern CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions. Busi...
20 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

RESTful API for Map Import and Export to Enable CI/CD (GitHub Actions) Integration

We request a headless REST API for the automated import and export of maps (.mxl, .map, and .txo files). This feature is strictly necessary to integrate SI map deployments directly into our modern CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions. Business Jus...
20 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Consider using the JDK instead of the JRE in the B2Bi ASI container

In support case TS019713194, we needed to use the IBM Java 8 jextract dump utility: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/sdk-java-technology/8?topic=tools-dump-extractor This was not available because the B2Bi ASI container uses a JRE instead of a JDK. Thi...
26 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Retain b2biAPI Liberty server.xml customisation during upgrades

During each upgrade of B2Bi (SFG), the b2biAPI package must be reinstalled using the InstallService script. This is typically performed immediately after the core product upgrade. This re-installation of the b2biAPI package reverts some customisat...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Improvements to the B2B API framework

B2Bi customers are making large time, resource, and budget investments in automation. These automation projects rely heavily on the B2Bi API framework. The current API framework and documentation do not lend itself to large scale automation projec...
6 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Duplicate Validation while adding entries in codelist using API

When adding new entries to the codelist table through an API, IBM can implement a validation mechanism to check if the entry already exists. If a duplicate is detected, the API should return an error instead of updating the record. This will elimi...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Mailbox permission rights via REST API

Currently, the only way to set the rights on a mailbox (e.g. READ, WRITE, EXECUTE, etc) is to edit the XML used by the Import and Export Service. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/b2b-integrator/6.2.1?topic=integrator-mailbox-permission-rights The Mailb...
9 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Parity of local and global mailboxes in the B2B REST API

We want to include Global Mailboxes, list, and content extract, just like Local Mailboxes, as part of the B2B REST API. The aim is to enable 1touch and IBM IGDC to integrate with the IBM Sterling solution while monitoring all data passing through ...
9 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Needs more information

Amazon Resource Name (ARN) roles for integration between S3 adapter and S3 buckets.

Today, SBI only supports access to AWS S3 buckets via secret and access keys. While keys can be configured, the preference from our security and cloud team is to have ARN roles supported as key management becomes difficult with rotating keys every...
10 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Future consideration

"/B2BAPIS/svc/mailboxmessages" API needs to sort numerically

Customer is periodically calling "/B2BAPIs/svc/mailboxmessages” API and checking for new messages. However, the /B2BAPIs/svc/mailboxmessages” sort doesn’t work properly. It always returns documents string sorted by _id no matter by which field the...
12 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Is a defect

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