FortiSOAR Rapid Development Kit v2.0.0 Release Announcement

[srivastavad]

We are delighted to introduce FortiSOAR Rapid Development Kit (RDK) Version 2.0.0, bringing a myriad of user-centric enhancements to empower your journey in creating seamless third-party integrations and utility code snippets for FortiSOAR.
User-Friendly Actions:

• Create a new FortiSOAR connector effortlessly.
• Import existing connectors with ease.
• Configure Python Path seamlessly for a hassle-free development environment.

User Benefits:

1. Enhanced PyCharm Compatibility:

   • Seamless integration with PyCharm 2022.2 and beyond, ensuring a smooth development experience.

2. Robust Validation and Security:

   • Validate Connector action generates HTML reports, ensuring robust and error-free connectors.
   • Improved security with encrypted formats for Password fields and masked UI output, safeguarding sensitive information.

3. Effortless Export and Deletion:

   • Export connectors' .tgz to a specified location, enhancing flexibility in deployment.
   • Simplified deletion of all arguments from Configuration and Operations tabs for streamlined customization.

4. Intuitive User Interface:

   • Revamped Home Page with an updated Python path configuration for clarity.
   • Improved Configure Python Path dialog as a pop-up, facilitating easier navigation.
   • Support for .png format in connection logos, enhancing visual customization.

5. Streamlined Documentation and Validation:

   • Enhanced Generate Documents functionality for imported connectors, facilitating comprehensive documentation.
   • Renaming of API Operation tab to Operations for intuitive understanding.
   • Added validations ensure adherence to connector specifications, preventing errors during development.

Download the FortiSOAR RDK 2.0.0:

• Visit the Fortinet Documentation Page: Go to https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortisoar/2.0.0/fortisoar-rapid-development-kit/743/fortisoar-rap...

• Locate the Download Link: Scroll to the bottom of the page and find the download link for "fortisoar-rdk-pycharm-2.0.0-52.zip." Click on the link to start the download.

Integration Submission Guidelines:

• For additional information on how to submit your integration request, please refer to the following link: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiSOAR-Ideas/FortiSOAR-Stands-As-A-True-Champion-Of-Community-E...

[fortiwhall_FTNT]

That sounds like positive progress. Any chance we could get VSCode seamless integration as well?  Pycharms likely has a larger market share of solely Python devs, but VSCode, according to a few sources anyway, has almost twice the market share of Pycharms for IDE/text editors

[40james_FTNT]

I'll echo this comment. I do have a lot of positive responses from customers to having a Dev Kit but often there's the follow-up question of "do you support VS Code too?" 

[srivastavad]

Happy New Year 2024!

Thank you for sharing your feedback and suggestions regarding VSCode integration. We truly appreciate your input as it helps us understand the evolving needs of our user community.

Please rest assured that your feedback has been documented and will be considered in our future development discussions.

Thanks to @fortiwhall_FTNT and @40james_FTNT for your valuable contributions!