Prioritization of third party access to an online commerce site

摘要

Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by an access rule. An access rule defines which API server on the online commerce site a specific third party application may access when using a specific API function call. In this way, the operator of the online commerce site may prioritize server access per service level agreements based on a specific third party application and API function call.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of application programming interface (API) servers configured to provide access to services of a network-based site; receiving an API service request from a requesting party, the service request comprising a request for at least one of the services of the network-based site; determining, by one of the plurality of API servers, whether the requesting party is in compliance with a predefined usage limitation, the predefined usage limitation being based on a service level agreement corresponding to the requesting party; and preventing the requesting party from accessing the at least one of the services in response to a determination that the requesting party has exceeded the predefined usage limitation.