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API-first integration

Guidance for keeping public websites, portals, ERP, HCM, and back-office systems cleanly separated through API boundaries.

What this covers

Clean integration boundaries between public websites, portals, ERP, HCM, reporting tools, CRM, and back-office databases.

Server-side handling for public forms, job feeds, enquiry routing, admin views, and integrations that require secrets.

API contracts that allow different systems to exchange approved data without exposing operational databases.

Integration approach

Keep browser-facing applications away from direct ERP, HCM, and recruitment database access.

Expose only approved public data through APIs, feeds, or server-side handlers.

Use logs, validation, retry handling, and status views for operational integration support.

Best-fit use cases

Publishing jobs from a recruitment backend into public careers pages.

Routing demo requests to email, CRM, admin review, or a website database.

Connecting portals, SFA, dashboards, and ERP/HCM records through controlled service boundaries.