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Use the CData Connect Server to create an OData API on top of ShipStation data and visualize live ShipStation data in Ingragistics Reveal.
Reveal is a data visualization solution provided by Infragistics and can be paired with the CData Connect Server and ShipStation Connector to build dynamic dashboards from live ShipStation data. The CData Connect Server creates a virtual database for ShipStation and can be used to generate an OData API (natively consumable in Reveal) for ShipStation. In this article, we walk through connecting to ShipStation in Connect Server and connecting to Connect Server from Infragistics Reveal to create a simple dashboard.
Add a Connect Server User
Create a User to connect to ShipStation from Reveal through Connect Server.
- Click Users -> Add
- Configure a User
- Click Save Changes and make note of the Authtoken for the new user
Connect to ShipStation from Connect Server
CData Connect Server uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources and generate APIs.
- Open Connect Server and click Connections
- Select "ShipStation" from Available Data Sources
- Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to ShipStation.
Use the BASIC Authentication standard to connect.
- Login to your ShipStation account
- Click on the settings icon in the upper right corner. A column menu will show up on the left
- Click Account -> API Settings
- On the API Settings page, note the API Key and API Secret.
Authenticating to ShipStation
- APIKey: Set this to the API key from the API settings page.
- APISecret: Set this to the Secret key from the API settings page.
- Click Save Changes
- Click Privileges -> Add and add the new user (or an existing user) with the appropriate permissions (SELECT is all that is required for Reveal).
Add ShipStation OData Endpoints in Connect Server
After connecting to ShipStation, create OData Endpoint for the desired table(s).
- Click OData -> Tables -> Add Tables
- Select the ShipStation database
- Select the table(s) you wish to work with and click Next
- (Optional) Edit the resource to select specific fields and more
- Save the settings
(Optional) Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
When accessing and connecting to multiple different domains from an application such as Ajax, there is a possibility of violating the limitations of cross-site scripting. In that case, configure the CORS settings in OData -> Settings.
- Enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): ON
- Allow all domains without '*': ON
- Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, PUT, POST, OPTIONS
- Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorization
Save the changes to the settings.
Create a Dashboard in Reveal
With Connect Server configured, we can visualize ShipStation data in Reveal.
- Log into Reveal and click Dashboards -> New
- Click Data Source -> OData Feed
- Specify the Connect Server API endpoint URL (found in API -> Discovery -> Base URL), for example: CONNECT_SERVER_URL/api.rsc
- Select Generic Credentials and specify the Connect Server username and authentication token
- Select the entity you wish to visualize
- Select fields and choose a chart type
More Information & Free Trial
At this point, you have created a simple dashboard from live ShipStation data. For more information on creating OData feeds from ShipStation (and more than 150 other sources), visit the Connect Server page. Download a free, 30-day trial and start working live ShipStation data in tools that consume OData APIs.