Extending Heroku
There are three primary ways in which you can extend the Heroku platform: use the API to build clients that integrate with applications; create add-ons that customers can provision through the marketplace; or write buildpacks that customize language support or support an entirely new platform behavior.
Platform API
- Getting Started with the Platform API
- Platform API Reference
- OAuth
- Copying Slugs with the Platform API
- Deploying Slugs using the Platform API
- JSON Schema for Platform API
- API Compatibility Policy
Buildpacks
If you have questions about the build process on Heroku, consider discussing it in the Build forums.
Building Add-ons
- How Add-ons Work
- Building a Heroku Add-on
- Bootstrapping an Add-on Provider
- Becoming an Add-on Provider
- Add-on Operations
- Add-on Provider API
- Add-on Provider App Info API
- Add-on Parameter Handling
- Add-on Manifest Format
- Submitting an Add-on
- Add-on Single Sign-on
- Add-on Plan Creation
- Documenting an Add-on
- Stages of Add-on Development
- Latency Considerations for Add-on Providers
- Add-on Provider Log Integration
- Accessing Application Logs from an Add-on