Development guide for building core-connectors

Integration Development Steps

Here are the typical steps that need to be taken to building an integration:

  1. Download the testing harness with an example core connector to try.
    Understand the scope of the requirement and the API flows, by reviewing the core-connector golden path test collection that is used to illustrate the quality and adherence to the requirements.
  2. Work with the Business / Product Expert at the DFSP to determine and get sign off on the funding and liquidity design that must be implemented in the integration.
    The pre-funded liquidity design documents can help this process.
  3. Investigate the core-connector API and design an integration solution.
    The IIPS Design Patterns for Payer and Payee DFSP integration is a good guide for this work.
  4. Build the integration against a Core Banking Solution Sandbox. This solution can be tested at any time by deploying/connecting it into the testing harness and running all or parts of the golden path test collection.
    The core-connector template can be useful here as a starting point for the development.
  5. Submit the core-connector for review and approval by the Scheme. The scheme will have final say as to whether the integration solution is adequate for their scheme and use case.
  6. Perform User Acceptance Testing for the scheme by deploying into Payment manager / or other deployment solution connected to a fully secured Environment.
    Run end-to-end testing, that include sending and receiving funds between connected organizations.
    Run a Settlement test.

Open API references

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Contributors: Paul Baker