Product Backlog
This product backlog contains the features we're delivering to realise our API management vision. You can comment on features, upvote features, and suggest new features. If your suggestion relates to our e-Referral service then please complete this form instead. To view e-Referral service requests, see here.
Non-NHS Digital API producer teams
Make the API platform available to non-NHS Digital API producer teams. It's not clear what specific use cases this might be for.
Using POST instead of GET for search operations
It has been noticed that both the retrieve and search PDS FHIR APIs expect the search parameters as a query string. This means that private data like name, date of ...
Re-usable auth components
Provide auth components that API producer teams can easily plug into their APIs.
User researcher capability
User research is really important for APIs, but API producer teams typically don't have a dedicated UR - perhaps because they don't see the value, perhaps because ...
Capability to transform between FHIR versions
Provide a mechanism to allow (for example) a FHIR V3 resource to be converted to FHIR V4
Change log / release notes / what's new
Add a change log to the developer hub to provide external developers with updates on (a) what's new on the API platform in general and (b) what's new for a given API. ...
OAuth support for single page apps
Some of our APIs require the end user to authenticate themselves and/or authorise their software to access them, using the OAuth 2.0 standard. OAuth 2.0 uses ...
Utilise Android OS for personal device CIS2 Authentication
Permit the functionality of iOS user/authentication for CIS2 to be extended (built out) for Android devices, negating the need for the most expensive form of mobile ...
API producer analytics
Ability for API producer teams to see analytics on the use of their API.
API platform in the cloud
Implement "cloud first" policy by hosting the API platform in the cloud, including sandboxes.
Tech stack for APIs
Define a standard tech stack for APIs, so API producers don't have to figure it out for themselves.
API design guide and process for API producer teams
A design guide for our API producer teams, backed up by a design review process, that will help ensure consistency across APIs.
FHIR policy update
Our FHIR policy hasn't been looked at in a while. The scope of this feature is to revisit it and refresh it, maybe adding further details.
Developer / integration guide - Urgent and Emergency care and 111
An online guide containing best practice guidance for integrating urgent and emergency care software with NHS Digital APIs
API delivery process - governance
Provide a lightweight governance process for API delivery teams to ensure API quality and consistency.
API producer team support channels
Provide support channels for API producer teams to get help and support from the API Management team.
API delivery process
Define a delivery process for APIs that API producer teams can follow. The process should be based on the GDS agile delivery process.
API templates
Provide a template repo for API producer teams to create a new API quickly and easily.
API producer guidance
Provide guidance for API producer teams on how to come onboard, how the tech works, how to do documentation, what path-to-live environments are available etc.