APIs related to specific realms will either be auto approved or enabled by API support team.

Ariba Network API typically require ANID and the API use will involve configuration within the Ariba Network Admin page.

Administrator users can also delete existing application(s) within the customer organization.

Customer organization’s administrator role is to maintain the users of their organization, along with finalizing any API application requests from the developer users by submitting the API application to SAP Ariba for approvals, and when approved, generating the client secret for API consumption.

Typically, Designated Support Contact (DSC) will be assigned the role of administrator users. Customer organization must have a minimum of one administrator user, but additional administrator and developer users are allowed. There are two types of users in customer organization: Administrator and Developer users.

Customer access are given with registration to the respective portal, with Customers being classified as organizations within the Developer portal.

Ariba Network APIs and CIG are only available from United States Developer Portal.

Customer access will depends on which API are going to used and also where the customer realm(s) resides.

As of October 2021, There are several SAP Ariba Developer portals divided into region: United States, Europe, Russia, China, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, and Japan.

I will divide this into Two sections: Developer portal and API Gateway. ⚡ If you are familiar with the Developer Portal or this blog is TL DR, you can skip to the Access Token and Rate Limit validation section, which I think is a must read for API developers. I will briefly lists the basic overview of SAP Ariba Developer Portal and lists several key process to be considered in order to avoid the common API issues related to SAP Ariba Developer Portal and API gateway itself. In this blog, I will be discussing the best practice and FAQ to the SAP Ariba API Developer portal and gateway.

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