Systems and methods for using facade api for phased upgrade of core api

A computing system, comprising:

• at least one processor connected to at least one memory;
• and
• a core API deployment module stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and configured with instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
• perform a phased release to remote client devices to upgrade instances of a first core application programming interface (API) to a second core API associated with a web-based information platform, where the phased release comprises:
• in response to determining that an API implementation relies upon functionality of the second core API, deploy a facade API into the instances of the first core API prior to the instances being upgraded, wherein the facade API is a dummy interface for interacting with the API implementation in place of the functionality of the second core API;
• and
• performing phased upgrades to upgrade subsets of the remote client devices in phases from the first core API to the second core API, wherein the functionality of the second core API replaces the facade API.

A computer-implemented method, the computer-implemented method involving a computing device comprising a processor, and the computer-implemented method comprising:

• performing, by the processor, a phased release to remote client devices to upgrade instances of a first core application programming interface (API) to a second core API associated with a web-based information platform, where the phased release comprises:
• in response to determining that an API implementation relies upon functionality of the second core API, deploying, by the processor, a facade API into the instances of the first core API prior to the instances being upgraded, wherein the facade API is a dummy interface for interacting with the API implementation in place of the functionality of the second core API;
• and
• performing, by the processor, phased upgrades to upgrade subsets of the remote client devices in phases from the first core API to the second core API, wherein the functionality of the second core API replaces the facade API.