Shell
About the Developer Portal
The Shell Developer Portal showcases a wide range of APIs, SDKs and other means for users to integrate Shell’s data and services into their own applications, systems, and websites. The portal's information architecture was carefully crafted to cater to multiple audiences, from startups to enterprise organizations and from technical to business personas.
Why They Stand Out
Best Onboarding Experience in a Developer Portal
The developer portal provides clear getting started assistance from registration to post-production to provide a frictionless developer experience for users. On the API pages, quickstart guides help users to start integration. These pages use detailed inpage navigation to make search and information processing as easy as possible. Also, a dedicated API status page provides full transparency by listing current API status, scheduled maintenances and past incidents. In case of Products, SDKs are also available with multiple code languages.
Best Findability of Products in a Developer Portal
The developer portal provides a detailed API catalog with multiple categories and a tagging system to help users navigate and find the most suitable APIs. The portal also provides a site-wide search functionality to improve user experience and speed up work on the portal.
Best Served API Business Model
Shell provides Products, where product overviews provide clear guidance for business personas, while technical personas can access valuable information about SDKs, programming languages, or API endpoints, among other examples. Uses cases provide clear and well-articulated value propositions and benefits for users with a business background. In Use cases, Shell also makes sure to list required APIs, and to connect use cases with technical documentation pages.
