Make accessing Your Products (API Directory) easier

[rustyjux]

API Services Portal Issue

User Story

As a API provider,

I want to be able to access 'Your Products' from the API Directory tab

so that I can easily and intuitively navigate the Portal.

When no Gateway is active (i.e. following login), the API Directory page does not show the 'Your Products' link or Gateway dropdown selector, requiring a roundabout navigation (via Gateways) to view Your Products. This problem comes out of the relocation of the Namespace/Gateway selector (and thus is only in dev/test as of 2024-08-29).

Solution: I don't have a proposed solution yet!

See also #1143 - first any page renames should be completed, then the links to 'Your Products' / 'Preview in Directory' / 'View Dataset' should be updated/unified as appropriate, so that it is also easy to nav to 'Your Products' from Gateway detail and Products pages.

More details

API directory page looks like (NS to GW) - cannot select Gateway:

vs prior to NS to GW - Namespace selector is always visible:

Users now no longer have the Namespace dropdown up top, so the only way to get to Your Products is to first activate a Gateway from a Gateways page.

On the other hand, hiding Your Products without a Gateway active is good, because API consumers (ie users without any Gateways) won't see a page that's not relevant to them. Your Products should stay hidden for users without Gateways in any solution.

[timng-bcgov]

I don't necessarily see this as a bad thing, since we direct users to preview their Products using the Gateways manager in our revised tutorials. But we haven't heard much from users about how they access their Products and the API Directory. So I see a few options that are likely out-of-scope of the ns-to-gw release and would defer making a decision without further research:

• Move the Gateway selected dropdown menu back to its original location
• Add an appropriately styled Gateway selection dropdown to the API Directory for IDIR users, toggle visibility of this dropdown based on whether or not Gateways exist
• Always show the Your Products tab for IDIR users, but have an explanation similar to the existing one in production for users without Gateways redirecting them to the Gateways manager (i.e. Get started page)

[rustyjux]

Re: option 2 - this is very doable. We already show the same 'Gateway selected: ' bar on Your Products, once you get there.

Re: option 1 - I have felt (and still feel) like a better place for the Gateways dropdown is in the nav bar next to Gateways. With Gateways selected:

Not totally sure how this implementation could look if the user is in the Directory.

Anyway looks like this issue really needs to wait until we have a more clear stance on the location for the dropdown.