Providing a marketplace for software services

A system comprising

• a registration module configured to receive registration data that describes a software service developed by a developer,
• the software service, when hosted by a server, causing the server to perform an operation of the software service in response to an invocation of the software service through use of an application programming interface (API) of the software service,
• the receiving of the registration data being from a device of the developer that developed the software service;
• a processor configured by a management module that configures the processor to configure the server to host the software service based on the registration data that describes the software service,
• the server being configured to respond to a request for the invocation of the software service through use of the API of the software service;
• and
• a publication module configured to provide a notification that the software service is available for invocation through use of the API.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving registration data that describes a software service developed by a developer,
• the software service, when hosted by a server, causing the server to perform an operation of the software service in response to an invocation of the software service through use of an application programming interface (API) of the software service,
• the receiving of the registration data being from a device of the developer that developed the software service;
• configuring the server to host the software service based on the registration data that describes the software service,
• the server being configured to respond to a request for the invocation of the software service through use of the API of the software service,
• the configuring of the server being performed by the one or more processors of the machine;
• and
• providing a notification that the software service is available for invocation through use of the API.

A system comprising:

• means for receiving registration data that describes a software service developed by a developer,
• the software service, when hosted by a server, causing the server to perform an operation of the software service in response to an invocation of the software service through use of an application programming interface (API) of the software service,
• the receiving of the registration data being from a device of the developer that developed the software service;
• means for configuring the server to host the software service based on the registration data that describes the software service,
• the server being configured to respond to a request for the invocation of the software service through use of the API of the software service;
• and
• means for providing a notification that the software service is available for invocation through use of the API.

A method comprising:

• receiving a request for an invocation of a software service developed by a developer,
• the invocation being requested through use of an application program interface (API) of the software service,
• the software service being hosted by a server configured to perform an operation of the software service in response to the invocation of the software service through use of the API,
• the receiving of the request being from a device of a consumer of the software service;
• routing the request for the invocation of the software service to the server configured to perform the operation of the software service,
• the routing of the request being performed by a processor of a machine;
• and
• storing a record of the operation of the software service being performed by the server,
• the operation being performed in response to the invocation of the software service requested through use of the API.

A system comprising:

• a connection module configured to receive a request for an invocation of a software service developed by a developer,
• the invocation being requested through use of an application program interface (API) of the software service,
• the software service being hosted by a server configured to perform an operation of the software service in response to the invocation of the software service through use of the API,
• the receiving of the request being from a device of a consumer of the software service;
• a processor configured by a router module that configures the processor to route the request for the invocation of the software service to the server configured to perform the operation of the software service;
• and
• a usage module configured to store a record of the operation of the software service being performed by the server,
• the operation being performed in response to the invocation of the software service requested through use of the API.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request for an invocation of a software service developed by a developer,
• the invocation being requested through use of an application program interface (API) of the software service,
• the software service being hosted by a server configured to perform an operation of the software service in response to the invocation of the software service through use of the API,
• the receiving of the request being from a device of a consumer of the software service;
• routing the request for the invocation of the software service to the server configured to perform the operation of the software service,
• the routing of the request being performed by the one or more processors of the machine;
• and
• storing a record of the operation of the software service being performed by the server,
• the operation being performed in response to the invocation of the software service requested through use of the API.

A system comprising:

• means for receiving a request for an invocation of a software service developed by a developer,
• the invocation being requested through use of an application program interface (API) of the software service,
• the software service being hosted by a server configured to perform an operation of the software service in response to the invocation of the software service through use of the API,
• the receiving of the request being from a device of a consumer of the software service;
• means for routing the request for the invocation of the software service to the server configured to perform the operation of the software service;
• and
• means for storing a record of the operation of the software service being performed by the server,
• the operation being performed in response to the invocation of the software service requested through use of the API.