Changelog

What's New

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and fixes.

February 24, 2026

v1.4.0

Improvement

API Quality Overhaul — 8 Endpoints Enhanced

  • •Phone Validation: GCC carrier detection (e&, du, STC, Mobily, Zain, Ooredoo), MCC/MNC codes, area codes, 4 format variants
  • •Email Validation: 500+ disposable domain detection, deliverability scoring (0–100), SPF/DMARC DNS checks, mail provider identification from MX records
  • •Fraud Detection: MaxMind GeoIP2 integration for real IP intelligence (Tor, VPN, proxy, hosting), cross-field mismatch analysis, Selenium/Puppeteer bot detection
  • •VAT Validation: Multi-GCC support — UAE TRN, Saudi VAT, Bahrain VAT, Oman VATIN with authority info, tax rates, and check digit verification
  • •Geocoding: Powered by OpenStreetMap Nominatim for real forward/reverse geocoding with Arabic name enrichment and curated GCC fallback data
  • •Public Holidays: 4 years of data (2024–2027), smart modes (next upcoming, check if day off), sector tags, weekend info, month filter
  • •Saudi ID: Age estimation from Hijri birth year, generation labeling, NIC/Jawazat authority metadata, Arabic descriptions
  • •Emirates ID: Age calculation, generation labeling, ICP authority info, fixed usage tracking
  • •Updated API catalog descriptions and code examples across all enhanced endpoints
  • •Updated TypeScript SDK types to match new response shapes

February 22, 2026

v1.3.0

New Feature

Phase 3 — Islamic Finance, AI Chatbot & Webhook Console

  • •3 new Islamic Finance APIs: Zakat Calculator, Sukuk Tracker, Takaful Calculator
  • •Zakat Calculator with live nisab thresholds, multi-asset support, gold/silver pricing
  • •Sukuk Tracker with 12 GCC sukuk issuances, filtering by country/type/sector/rating
  • •Takaful Calculator for 6 insurance types with Wakalah/Mudarabah models
  • •AI Docs Chatbot powered by Gemini 2.5 Flash — instant documentation assistance
  • •Webhook Testing Console in dashboard — send test events to your endpoints
  • •8 webhook event types: API key, usage, subscription, and invoice events
  • •New Islamic Finance category in API catalog (26 total APIs)
  • •Dashboard sidebar updated with Webhooks navigation

February 22, 2026

v1.2.0

New Feature

Phase 2 — AI Discoverability, SDKs & Developer Experience

  • •AI Discoverability: llms.txt + llms-full.txt for AI agent integration
  • •MCP Server: @khaleejiapi/mcp-server with 22 tools published to npm
  • •4 new SDKs: Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android), Go, PHP — all published to GitHub
  • •Blog engine with 3 launch posts and markdown-based renderer
  • •Live API Playground now makes real HTTP requests instead of mock responses
  • •OpenAPI spec updated to v1.1.0 with all 23 endpoints
  • •Sandbox mode with test API keys for safe experimentation
  • •GitHub Discussions enabled for community support
  • •SDK docs page updated with installation guides for all 7 SDKs

February 16, 2026

v1.1.0

New Feature

Real Data Sources & 5 New APIs

  • •Exchange rates now powered by real data from open.er-api.com (1h cache)
  • •Weather API now uses Open-Meteo real-time data (30min cache)
  • •AI Translation powered by Google Gemini 2.5 Flash (24h cache)
  • •Image Processing with sharp — real binary responses
  • •PDF Generation with pdf-lib — real binary responses
  • •5 new API endpoints: Hijri Calendar, Prayer Times, Arabic Text, Saudi ID, Business Days
  • •TypeScript SDK updated to v1.1.0 with Islamic namespace + new APIs
  • •Python SDK updated to v1.1.0 with sync + async clients
  • •Both SDKs published to npm and PyPI

February 15, 2026

v1.0.0

New Feature

Production Launch

  • •Deployed to AWS ECS Fargate in me-central-1 (UAE region)
  • •Published official TypeScript SDK (@khaleejiapi/sdk) on npm
  • •Published official Python SDK (khaleejiapi) on PyPI
  • •18 production API endpoints across 6 categories
  • •Stripe billing integration with 4 subscription tiers
  • •Full CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
  • •Email verification flow with Resend
  • •Fixed NextAuth UntrustedHost error for production

February 9, 2026

v0.9.0

New Feature

Security & Email Infrastructure

  • •Implemented TOTP two-factor authentication (Google Authenticator / Authy)
  • •Added backup codes for 2FA account recovery
  • •Integrated Resend for transactional email delivery
  • •Built real password reset flow with secure token-based verification
  • •Wired contact form to send emails via Resend
  • •Created Data Processing Agreement (DPA) page

February 8, 2026

v0.8.0

Improvement

Dashboard & Documentation Audit

  • •Rewired dashboard logs page from mock data to real API
  • •Rewired dashboard settings page to real GET/PUT/POST API
  • •Fixed usage page estimated costs to match actual plan pricing
  • •Standardized auth header to x-api-key across all documentation
  • •Removed 6 phantom APIs that had no backend implementation
  • •Fixed API card links and documentation navigation

February 7, 2026

v0.7.0

New Feature

Stripe Billing Integration

  • •Integrated Stripe for subscription billing and payment processing
  • •Built billing dashboard with plan management
  • •Implemented Stripe webhook handler for subscription events
  • •Unified pricing across all pages (Free, Starter, Professional, Business)

February 6, 2026

v0.6.0

New Feature

All 16 API Endpoints Rebuilt

  • •Rebuilt all v1 API routes from scratch with real implementations
  • •IP Geolocation, Email Validation, Phone Validation, Currency Exchange
  • •IBAN Validation, UAE VAT/TRN lookup, Emirates ID validation
  • •Prayer Times, Hijri Calendar, Country Data, City Search
  • •QR Code generation, PDF generation, Image Processing
  • •Arabic transliteration and text processing
  • •All 18 integration tests passing

February 5, 2026

v0.5.0

New Feature

Authentication System

  • •Implemented NextAuth v5 (Auth.js) with JWT strategy
  • •Credentials provider with bcrypt password hashing
  • •Google OAuth provider with automatic organization creation
  • •API key management with CRUD operations in dashboard
  • •Session-based dashboard access control

February 2026

v0.1.0

New Feature

Initial Project Setup

  • •Next.js 16 frontend with App Router
  • •PostgreSQL database with Prisma ORM
  • •Valkey (Redis-compatible) for caching and rate limiting
  • •ClickHouse for API usage analytics
  • •Bilingual support (English & Arabic) with RTL
  • •Full documentation site with interactive API playground