Custom Connectors

Connectors help you connect to and exchange data with an application such as NetSuite, SAP, and Salesforce. While Adeptia Connect offers you some pre-bundled connectors, it also gives you the flexibility to add your custom connectors. 

You can add a REST or JDBC based custom connector to the application. 

This section guides you on how to add a custom connector and what all you need to have to accomplish this task. 

Prerequisites

To add a connector to your version of Adeptia Connect, you need to make sure that you have the Connector Package and the Implementation Package for that connector ready with with you. The instructions to create these packages are laid out in the following pages:

• Connector Package
• Implementation Package

Adding a REST based Custom Connector

1. Click Account > My Company.
2. In the left pane, click Connectors.
3. On the connectors' manage page, click Add Connector.
4. On the Add Connector page, provide a name and description for the connector in the respective fields with self-explanatory labels.

5. In the Select Connector Type field, select the type of the connector.

6. In the Select Authentication Type field, select the authentication type/mode.

7. Based on your selection of Authentication Type in the previous field, select an OAuth Profile or enter the comma separated list of key value pairs of Authentication Parameters.

   For a REST type of Connector, there are two modes of Authentication, OAuth Based and API Token Based. Select Authentication Type as OAuth if the Connector requires OAuth authentication. You also need to select the OAuth profile to be used for the OAuth process if you select OAuth based authentication.

   Select Authentication Type as API Token based if you already have an access token and/or refresh Token. You need to provide the comma separated list of key value pairs of Authentication Parameters in the next field. The value of Authentication Parameters will be in the format DisplayName:ParameterName. For example, Access Token:accessToken, RefreshToken:refreshToken

Select Authentication type as API Token based if you already have access token and/or refresh Token. You need to provide the comma separated list of key value pairs of Authentication Parameters. See the below Info dialog for details of value for Authentication parameters.