APIs

Better integration, enhanced security and wider use of data across authorities and multi-agency partnerships with One APIs.

Practical links

Agreed standards for data collection, storage, retrieval and transfer between local systems that contribute to meeting your requirements under the e-Government Interoperability Framework.

Shared information

Practitioners, departments and multiple agencies can share appropriate, accurate and timely information.

Secure, real time access

Real time information on children can be accessed and shared securely with authorised users for better decisions and outcomes.

Standardised technology

Application programming interfaces (APIs) based on industry standard web services.

Easy to use

Application developers can use One APIs to access information held in One safely and securely through a published set of services.

One APIs forms a standard connection, allowing other systems and applications to access and share the information collected in One.

Seamless, inexpensive integration

One APIs ensure that One can be integrated with other application without the delay and cost associated with custom programming, robotics or screen-scraping.

Shared information, integrated systems, better partnership working

Local authorities and inter-agency partners can reduce the costs and time taken to connect different application through One APIs. The risks between system integrations are minimised and business processes are made significantly more efficient.

With an increasing need for accurate and timely information sharing, One APIs provides authorities with a flexible, scalable and versatile solution in which the software will be maintained throughout the development lifecycle of the underlying One application.

One APIs:

• Ensures that any investment in integration is supported and maintained
• Ensures the security of information is preserved at all times and only shared with appropriate users
• Offers greater technological stability, significantly lower risks and reduced development costs compared to other integration solutions. Linking systems by connecting directly to the database should be avoided at all costs or you risk a single database change rendering your data sharing system unusable and a lot of angry calls, so utilizing API’s prevents this risk as the API is always aligned with Database changes in One
• Provides front-line and back-office staff with access to all the information they need to meet all the requirements of their roles