Technical Details (FAQs, Tech Stack, API, Embedding URLs, Sitemap)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What is your tech stack?
• Do you have an API? 
• Is there a sitemap.xml file? 
• Is there a way to embed my marketplace or offering? 
• What are the dedicated sign-in links to my platform? 

What is your tech stack?

Our dev stack is MEAN (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node), and all of our backend services are hosted in Amazon Web Services (combination of EC2, S3, Cloudfront, Lambda).

Do you have an API? 

Yes, we do.  Our API adheres to RESTful API standards. 

All requests are made through HTTP calls, and return JSON as the response. You can check out the documentation 

here.

NOTE: A rate limit (3 times) applies to login, register and password reset.

Alternatively, to access API documentation in the platform:

1. Select Platform from the left menu
2. Click Settings
3. Choose the Integrations tab
4. Click View our API Documentation
   
   

Is there a sitemap.xml file? 

No, there is no sitemap, since most of the platform requires authentication. 

Offers are the only pages that can be set to be viewable without credentials.  However, since their URLs are dynamic based on the offer symbol /alias, you will need to create a unique sitemap for your platform.

Is there a way to embed my marketplace or offering? 

WB does have the ability to provide an embedded URL for your marketplace. For example, you may wish to display your offer cards or offer details in an iframe on your Marketing page, or the issuer's website. 

NOTE: Should you wish to embed your Marketplace in an iframe on your website and are having trouble, please submit a ticket through the Support Portal as there are domain restrictions in place that may need to be adjusted.

Full Marketplace Card Display: 

1. Add the following to the end of platform URL: /offerings?wbembed=1
   • Your URL should have a structure like this: invest.alphabet.com/offerings?wbembed=1
     

     <iframe src="https:// invest.alphabet.com/offerings?wbembed=1" style="width: 100%; height: 500px;" frameborder="0"></iframe>

     NOTE:  Please be sure to adjust the height as needed, to avoid a scrollbar.

Issuer-Specific Offering Card Display: 

Embedding a single offer requires that a unique Issuer ID be added to the URL. 

1. Select Accounts from the left menu
2. Click on the Issuer Account associated with the offer you would like to embed
3. Copy the issuer ID from the URL
   
4. Using your platform URL: https://invest.alphabet.com/offerings
5. Add: ?issuer=ISSUERID&wbembed=1
   • The URL should have a structure like this: https://invest.alphabet.com/offerings?issuer=123458&wbembed=1

Single Offering Details Display: 

You can embed the Offer Details of an offer on another website, by adding wbembed=1 to the URL of the offer.

1. Select Offerings from the top of the page
2. Click into any of the offers in the Marketplace
3. Copy the URL
4. Add wbembed=1 to the end
   • The URL should have a structure like this: https://invest.alphabet.com/offering/offername/details?&wbembed=1

What are the dedicated sign-in links to my platform? 

Here are links that take users directly to a sign-in or registration form:

• Dedicated Sign-In Link
  • https://[YourPlatformURL].com/login?f=1
• Dedicated Link that defaults form to Sign Up
  •  https://[YourPlatformURL].com/login?f=1&register=1
    • If you would like to route investors and issuers through different registration flows, you can skip over the account-type selection using the following Dedicated Links:
      • Individual: https://[YourPlatformURL].com/login?f=1&register=1&role=1 
      • Entity: https://[YourPlatformURL].com/login?f=1&register=1&role=2 
      • Issuer: https://[YourPlatformURL].com/login?f=1&register=1&role=3