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3. Understanding the APIs

3. Understanding the APIs

Owned by Kamaldeep Sharma
May 31, 2023
1 min read

ONDC Protocol’s layered architecture is illustrated as shown in the diagram below. The base layer refers to the Beckn Protocol which is an open source decentralized protocol. Over the base layer, the network extension layer comprises the API contracts customized to the ONDC context along with other specs that have been adopted in order to facilitate transactions in the network.

 

Here is an overview to help you visualize the mapping between transactional flow and the APIs as part of ONDC protocol.

 

For better visualization and experience, explore the ONDC reference buyer and seller apps and visualize how APIs are facilitating the interaction between buyer app and seller app.

 

Participants will be required to build for an Minimum Viable Product (MVP) during their integration journey. The MVP documents for different domains are provided below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UZtSwLjEz8j6BZzjF5_IRGHI4oBsje09/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103244249656832991961&rtpof=true&sd=true
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11mFbIIeINI2IVgKP30Md54IfuU0i5Jg-/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103244249656832991961&rtpof=true&sd=true

We had multiple connects with the community on MVP use case discussions. Some of those recordings are made available for your reference.

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