Writing data in SSIS

In this section we will learn how to configure and use Amazon MWS Connector in the API Destination to write data to Amazon MWS.

Video tutorial

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

• How to download SSIS PowerPack for Amazon MWS integration in SSIS
• How to configure connection for Amazon MWS
• How to write or lookup data to Amazon MWS
• Features about SSIS API Destination
• Using Amazon MWS Connector in SSIS

Step-by-step instructions

In upper section we learned how to read data, now in this section we will learn how to configure Amazon MWS in the API Source to POST data to the Amazon MWS.

1. Open Visual Studio and click Create a new project.

2. Select Integration Services Project. Enter a name and location for your project, then click OK.

3. From the SSIS Toolbox, drag and drop a Data Flow Task onto the Control Flow surface, and double-click it:

   

4. Make sure you are in the Data Flow Task designer:

   

5. Read the data from the source, using any desired source component. You can even make an API call using the ZappySys JSON/XML/API Source and read data from there. In this example, we will use an OLE DB Source component to read real-time data from a SQL Server database.

6. From the SSIS Toolbox drag and drop API Destination (Predefined Templates) on the Data Flow Designer surface and connect source component with it, and double click to edit it.
   

7. Select New Connection to create a new connection:
   

   API Destination - Amazon MWS

   Read and write Amazon MWS data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate listings, orders, payments, and reports — almost no coding required.

   

8. To configure the Amazon MWS connector, choose one of the following methods:

   • Choose from Popular Connector List: Select a pre-installed service directly from the dropdown menu.
   • Search Online: Use this to find and download a new connector file to your computer.
   • Use Saved/Downloaded File: Once the file is downloaded, browse your local drive to load it into the configuration.

   After that, just click Continue >>:

   Amazon MWS

   

9. Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.

   OAuth

   Amazon MWS authentication

   Please refer to external API reference

   API Connection Manager configuration

   Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:

   1. Set Authentication Type to OAuth [OAuth]
   2. Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
   3. Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
   4. Press Generate Token button to generate the tokens.
   5. Finally, hit OK button:

   Amazon MWS

   OAuth [OAuth]

   https://mws.amazonservices.com

   Required Parameters
   AWSAccessKeyId	Fill-in the parameter...
   Secret Key	Fill-in the parameter...
   SellerId	Fill-in the parameter...

   

   Find full details in the Amazon MWS Connector authentication reference.

10. Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and go to the Mappings tab to map the columns.

    API Destination - Amazon MWS

    Read and write Amazon MWS data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate listings, orders, payments, and reports — almost no coding required.

    

11. Finally, map the desired columns:

    API Destination - Amazon MWS

    Read and write Amazon MWS data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate listings, orders, payments, and reports — almost no coding required.

    

12. That's it; we successfully configured the POST API Call. In a few clicks we configured the Amazon MWS API call using ZappySys Amazon MWS Connector