Partner API delivery
Give named partners an API portal without creating another source of truth.
Doctorine turns a maintained OpenAPI contract into a private developer portal, consistent examples, and verified TypeScript, Python, or Go SDK artifacts. Partner-specific guidance stays authored; structured API truth stays contract-derived.
Shared truth
OpenAPI contract + authored partner guidance
Controlled delivery
Private portal + verified client artifact + active release identity
Partner onboarding is a product release with access constraints
Partner APIs often sit between public self-service and a fully internal system. The integration material may be private, the partner list may be known, and credentials may be issued through a separate process. At the same time, each partner still needs accurate reference, examples, client code, environment guidance, and a reliable way to understand changes.
Copying those materials into a partner wiki creates a second release path. Doctorine keeps the structured API surface attached to the canonical OpenAPI graph and combines it with authored partner guidance. A portal build can be previewed as an immutable candidate before activation, then rolled back without rewriting the prior release.
Assign the partner handoffs before inviting anyone
A private portal invite is only one handoff. The partner still needs an approved use case, test environment, credentials, support contact, and a change-notice path. Name the owner of each decision before activation so a partner never receives documentation without a usable route into the API.
For the first rollout, use one named partner and one bounded workflow. Ask that partner to complete setup from the delivered package, then separate portal defects from identity, credential, gateway, and business-process defects. That distinction keeps the release review actionable.
| Owner | Decision before activation |
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| API product or engineering owner | Accepts the contract, supported operations, compatibility policy, and technical release candidate. |
| Partner or solutions owner | Defines the partner workflow, test data, commercial prerequisites, communication, and escalation route. |
| Identity and security owner | Approves portal access, API credential issuance, authorization, rotation, revocation, and offboarding outside Doctorine. |
| Developer experience owner | Verifies quickstarts, examples, supported SDK artifacts, and the handoff from portal access to a valid test request. |
Build one partner integration package
Each layer answers a different question. Keeping them in one release workflow makes gaps easier to see before a partner sees them.
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Controlled portal access
Gate private portal bytes at the edge so unpublished integration material is not delivered before access is accepted.
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Contract-derived reference
Build operation and schema reference from the same maintained OpenAPI contract used to produce client artifacts.
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Verified client artifacts
Provide TypeScript, Python, or Go SDK output with a strict verification result and reproducible artifact identity.
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Partner-specific guidance
Explain credentials, environments, business rules, test data, certification, and escalation in authored guides.
Separate content gating from API authorization
Doctorine can gate private portal bytes at the edge. That protects the documentation delivery path from serving private content before access is accepted. It does not replace the identity provider, partner entitlement model, API key issuance, gateway authorization, or credential rotation used by the underlying API.
This separation makes the security review more precise. The portal controls who can receive the documentation bundle. Your API stack controls who can perform an operation. Teams should test both paths and document where responsibility moves from Doctorine to their own systems.
Review Doctorine's security boundaryPartner release review
- Which portal release and API contract did this partner receive?
- Which operations and environments are approved for the integration?
- Do the examples and SDK methods match the active reference?
- What requires a manual step before a partner can begin testing?
- How will a breaking change be communicated and rolled back?
- Which identity, credential, and support systems remain outside Doctorine?
Make contract changes reviewable across partner surfaces
When an operation changes, Doctorine can regenerate the contract-derived portal reference and supported SDK artifacts from known inputs. Reviewers can compare the candidate as a complete partner package instead of checking a portal and each client repository as unrelated work. The artifact identity records what was built; authored release notes still explain why the change matters and what the partner must do.
What Doctorine can prove
Product claims reviewed by Doctorine engineering.
Private portal bytes are gated at the edge. Hosted portal releases are immutable and activation is reversible. The same canonical graph can produce verified TypeScript, Python, and Go SDK artifacts. Doctorine also keeps its core data-plane data at rest in Europe, with disclosed processor and analytics carve-outs rather than a blanket EU-only claim.
See current subprocessors and carve-outsAssess the partner package before rollout.
Import the contract, preview the private portal and supported SDK outputs, then record what still requires identity or operational work.
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