Manage apps

This topic describes how to submit an application to the Rebilly App Store, and how to manage your applications.

The App Store enables integration with Rebilly services. It enables merchants to create their own apps, and use them to access and update user data.

Submit an app

This topic describes how to submit an application to the Rebilly App Store.

In Rebilly, apps contain the following:

• A set of informative fields: name, tagline, logo, authorLogo, authorName, and description.
• A set of permissions that merchants can use on behalf of their users.
• A set of properties that define which settings the user must configure when they install your app. Rebilly automatically renders UI fields for these properties. To build your own UI settings, see Build UI settings form.

To submit an app:

1. Execute the PostApplication operation, and provide all required fields.
2. Notify Rebilly that you have submitted an app.
3. Wait for your app to be approved. When your app is approved, it is made available in the App Store, where users can install and use your app.

If your app is not approved, Rebilly will contact you and inform you of adjustments that may need to be made.

Example

A "Hello World" app is available in the Rebilly sandbox as an example.

The code is publicly available in this GitHub repository.

Manage a submitted app

This section describes how to manage your Rebilly application.

Find users

To identify users that have installed your app, select one of the following:

• Fetch the all instances using the Retrieve application instances operation.
• Create webhooks for the installed and uninstalled events,
• Create binds with webhooks for the same events. For more information on rules and binds, see Automation.

Consume API endpoints as a user

1. Fetch an instance using the Retrieve application instance operation. The Rebilly API creates an application JWT and sends it with the payload.
2. Use the application JWT to authenticate as the user. The application JWT is valid for 1 hour.

Create webhooks for users

1. Add the PostWebhook and PostServiceCredential permissions to your app.
2. Create a webhook service credential.
3. Use the Create a webhook operation to create webhooks that trigger on your users' account and to notify your application that an event occurred.

Deactivate a user's application instance

To deactivate a user's application on their behalf, execute the Delete application instance operation.
By default, this endpoint permission is included in your application.

Build UI settings form

To build your own UI settings form, implement it on your website and provide the configurationUrl property when submitting an app. The user is redirected to this URL when they install an app. The URL contains a jwt query parameter along with data that identifies the user such as organization, application, issuer website (live or sandbox), and key ID.

When the user completes the configuration on your website, submit settings using the Upsert an application instance configuration operation as a user.

Install an app

1. In the left navigation bar, press App store, then press an app.
2. Read the app information.
3. Press Settings and complete the required fields.
4. Press Install.
5. Assess the permissions that the app will gain. If you are happy with the permissions, press Authorize.

Uninstall an app

1. In the left navigation bar, press App store, then press an installed app.
2. In the bottom left corner, press Uninstall.