Kong Summit 2022 Hackathon
The Hackathon is now closed and the 2022 winners have been chosen!
Top Overall Contribution
Marcelo Bezerra, Mateus Fonseca, Robson Camanducci
Lua-based Kong
Gateway plugin to add One Time Password protection to services and routes.
Best Kong Gateway Plugin
Matthias Bertschy, Ludovic Pourrat
Go plugin to generate OpenAPI Specs
from gateway traffic for legacy APIs built without specifications.
Best Security Contribution
Mayank Murari, Siddharth Saikumar
Dynamic upstream token authentication
plugin for last mile security between Kong and API providers.
Best Docs Contribuion
Anup Rai, Saravanan Periyasamy
New documentation for allowing multiple
authentication options in Kong Ingress Controller, as well as multiple corrections, upates,
and fixes to various pages.
Best Insomnia Plugin
Satyajit Sial, Prema Namasivayam, Vineet Dutt, Krishna Potnis
Plugin
that extends Insomnia's test capabilities by generating advanced code snippets to assert
against response values.
All approved contributions will receive a 2022 Kong Summit Hackathon t-shirt.
The
top 5 contributions will be awarded additional prizes! $250 gift cards to each winning contribution
with the overall winner taking home a $500 prize!
Hackathon Events
Join us live every Wednesday to learn more about the Hackathon and how to contribute to various projects. We will take a hands-on demo approach to show you how to contribute and address your questions during each session!
Submission Suggestions
Kong Gateway Plugin
Insomnia Plugin
- See good first issues on GitHub →
- Examples of great submissions:
Use of Mesh
Docs Contribution
Kubernetes Ingress Controller Hacks
Use of APIOps / Automation Hacks
- API Gateway decK with CI/CD Tutorial
- More examples to be included in upcoming Hackahton events!
Rules
All contributions are subject to approval and must be made between September 1, 2022 and September 27, 2022 11:59pm Pacific time. Kong Summit Hackathon Limited Edition T-shirts are subject to availability with no guarantees. You are not required to attend Kong Summit in order for your submission to be considered.FAQs
Why are you doing this? We want to see what ideas the community has around Kongs products! Connectivity is at the core of every product, but it isnt the product itself. Show us what you can build and you can earn swag and a chance at additional awards! What awards can I earn? All approved contributions will earn a limited edition Kong Summit Hackathon t-shirt. Additional stickers will be shipped with your t-shirt by sharing this event with your digital community by using the hashtag #KongHack22. A $250 gift card will be awarded to the winning individual or team for the top 4 contributions, as determined by our panel of judges. A $500 gift card will be awarded to each member of the winning submission as determined by our panel of judges. The winning team will also be announced on stage at Kong Summit and receive a trophy honoring their efforts. When will the winners be announced? Winners will be announced at Kong Summit on September 28th, 2022. Winners not in attendance will be notified on September 28th via email and this page will be updated to showcase the winning contributions. Can we submit as a team? Yes, up to 4 team members can be included on the submission form. Prize money will be split among team members should you be a top contribution winner. Where are the gift cards for? The gift cards will be sent via Gifted.io and allow you the option to choose your gift card. The options vary by country and include shopping sites, restaurants, general visa gift cards, etc. When will the t-shirts ship? T-shirts will ship in early October. You will receive a link from Kotisdesign.com to redeem your swag once your submission has been approved. This link will request your address and t-shirt size for shipment. Will you send t-shirts to my country? Wed like everyone in the world to participate and will do our best to reach your country! Please allow for extra shipping time for countries outside the US. Additional questions? Additional questions? Please contact us.2021 Winners
Top Overall Contribution
Satyajit Sial, Prema Namasivayam, Vineet Dutt
This team built
an ingenious Skip plugin for Kong Gateway that has the ability to skip plugins that
have been enabled globally for specific services or routes!
Best Kong Gateway Plugin
Narendra Patel
Narendras plugin allows you to rate limit not
just on the number of requests, but the bandwidth consumed too
Best Insomnia Plugin
Scott Harwell
Scott submitted an awesome Oracle Cloud signature
generation plugin!
Best Docs Contribution
Anindita Basu
For her detailed and descriptive copy edits to
our plugin documentation, which represent the quality we strive for in our docs!
Best Presented Demo
Satyajit Sial
Great job Satyajit for providing an excellent mix
of education and entertainment.
Best Kong Gateway Plugin
Anup Rai & Saravanan Periyasamy
A category so big- we are
awarding it twice! Anup built a plugin to dynamically choose an upstream based on
the incoming request.