Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) Connector for Azure Data Factory (SSIS) How to Make Generic API Request
Prerequisites
Before we begin, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
- SSIS designer installed. Sometimes it is referred as BIDS or SSDT (download it from Microsoft).
- Basic knowledge of SSIS package development using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services.
- ODBC PowerPack is installed (if you are new to SSIS PowerPack, then get started!).
Make Generic API Request in SSIS
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Begin with opening Visual Studio and Create a New Project.
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Select Integration Service Project and in new project window set the appropriate name and location for project. And click OK.
In the new SSIS project screen you will find the following:
- SSIS ToolBox on left side bar
- Solution Explorer and Property Window on right bar
- Control flow, data flow, event Handlers, Package Explorer in tab windows
- Connection Manager Window in the bottom
Note: If you don't see ZappySys SSIS PowerPack Task or Components in SSIS Toolbox, please refer to this help link. -
Now, Drag and Drop SSIS Data Flow Task from SSIS Toolbox. Double click on the Data Flow Task to see Data Flow designer.
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From the SSIS toolbox drag and API Source (Predefined Templates) on the data flow designer surface, and double click on it to edit it:
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Select New Connection to create a new connection:
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Use a preinstalled Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:
Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) -
Now it's time to configure authentication. Firstly, configure authentication settings in Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) service and then proceed by configuring API Connection Manager. Start by expanding an authentication type:
Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) authentication
Amazon Sellers can use SP-API to set up private integrations and build solutions exclusively for their Amazon store. Private app is available only to your organization and is self-authorized. A private developer builds application(s) that integrate their own company with Amazon APIs. [API reference]
Perform the following steps to authenticate calls using Amazon SP-API Private app:
- Register as an Amazon Private SP-API Developer. You may need to wait for a day or two to get approved (check approval status).
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Once your developer account is approved,
login to your account, visit developer console
and click Add new app client button to create a Private app:
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Continue by naming your application in the App name field,
choose
SP API
as API Type, and select the Roles for your app (i.e. permissions): -
Once you do that, click View link in LWA credentials column to
copy Client identifier and Client secret (we will use them later):
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Now it's time to Authorize your app:
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Finish authorizing it by presing Authorize app button:
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Finally, copy the Refresh Token (we will use it in the next step):
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Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and use Private app authentication configuration:
- In the ClientId field paste the Client identifier value you copied in the previous step.
- In the ClientSecret field paste the Client secret value you copied in the previous step.
- Leave the default value in the TokenUrl field.
- In the Refresh Token field paste the Refresh Token value you copied in the previous step.
- Click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.
- Done! Now you are ready to use Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) Connector!
API Connection Manager configuration
Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:
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Set Authentication Type to
Private app [OAuth]
- Optional step. Modify API Base URL if needed (in most cases default will work).
- Fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed.
- Press Generate Token button to generate the tokens.
- Finally, hit OK button:
Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API)Private app [OAuth]https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.comRequired Parameters ClientId Fill-in the parameter... ClientSecret Fill-in the parameter... TokenUrl Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters TokenUIMode OnlyRefreshToken AuthUrl (Do not Use for Private app - Self Authorization) https://sellercentral.amazon.com/apps/authorize/consent?application_id=[YOUR-APPLICATION-ID]&version=beta OrdersApiVersion v0 SellerApiVersion v1 ShippingApiVersion v1 ServicesApiVersion v1 FbaApiVersion v1 SalesApiVersion v1 ReportsApiVersion 2021-06-30 ProductsFeesApiVersion v0 ProductPricingApiVersion v0 CatalogItemsApiVersion 2022-04-01 VendorOrdersApiVersion v1 RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch RetryStatusCodeList 429 RetryCountMax 5 RetryMultiplyWaitTime True -
Select Generic Table (Bulk Read / Write) table from the dropdown and hit Preview Data:
API Source - Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API)Amazon Selling Partner Connector (SP-API) can be used to integrated SP-API that helps Amazon sellers to programmatically exchange data on listings, orders, payments, reports, and more.Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API)Generic Table (Bulk Read / Write)Required Parameters HTTP - Url or File Path Fill-in the parameter... HTTP - Request Method Fill-in the parameter... Optional Parameters HTTP - Request Body HTTP - Is MultiPart Body (Pass File data/Mixed Key/value) HTTP - Request Format (Content-Type) ApplicationJson HTTP - Headers (e.g. hdr1:aaa || hdr2:bbb) Accept: */* || Cache-Control: no-cache Parser - Response Format (Default=Json) Default Parser - Filter (e.g. $.rows[*] ) Parser - Encoding Parser - CharacterSet Download - Enable reading binary data False Download - File overwrite mode AlwaysOverwrite Download - Save file path Download - Enable raw output mode as single row False Download - Raw output data RowTemplate {Status:'Downloaded'} Download - Request Timeout (Milliseconds) General - Enable Custom Search/Replace General - SearchFor (e.g. (\d)-(\d)--regex) General - ReplaceWith (e.g. $1-***) General - File Compression Type General - Date Format General - Enable Big Number Handling False General - Wait time (Ms) - Helps to slow down pagination (Use for throttling) 0 JSON/XML - ExcludedProperties (e.g. meta,info) JSON/XML - Flatten Small Array (Not preferred for more than 10 items) JSON/XML - Max Array Items To Flatten 10 JSON/XML - Array Transform Type JSON/XML - Array Transform Column Name Filter JSON/XML - Array Transform Row Value Filter JSON/XML - Array Transform Enable Custom Columns JSON/XML - Enable Pivot Transform JSON/XML - Array Transform Custom Columns JSON/XML - Pivot Path Replace With JSON/XML - Enable Pivot Path Search Replace False JSON/XML - Pivot Path Search For JSON/XML - Include Pivot Path False JSON/XML - Throw Error When No Match for Filter False JSON/XML - Parent Column Prefix JSON/XML - Include Parent When Child Null False Pagination - Mode Pagination - Attribute Name (e.g. page) Pagination - Increment By (e.g. 100) 1 Pagination - Expression for Next URL (e.g. $.nextUrl) Pagination - Wait time after each request (milliseconds) 0 Pagination - Max Rows Expr Pagination - Max Pages Expr Pagination - Max Rows DataPath Expr Pagination - Max Pages 0 Pagination - End Rules Pagination - Next URL Suffix Pagination - Next URL End Indicator Pagination - Stop Indicator Expr Pagination - Current Page Pagination - End Strategy Type DetectBasedOnRecordCount Pagination - Stop based on this Response StatusCode Pagination - When EndStrategy Condition Equals True Pagination - Max Response Bytes 0 Pagination - Min Response Bytes 0 Pagination - Error String Match Pagination - Enable Page Token in Body False Pagination - Placeholders (e.g. {page}) Pagination - Has Different NextPage Info False Pagination - First Page Body Part Pagination - Next Page Body Part Csv - Column Delimiter , Csv - Has Header Row True Csv - Throw error when column count mismatch False Csv - Throw error when no record found False Csv - Allow comments (i.e. line starts with # treat as comment and skip line) False Csv - Comment Character # Csv - Skip rows 0 Csv - Ignore Blank Lines True Csv - Skip Empty Records False Csv - Skip Header Comment Rows 0 Csv - Trim Headers False Csv - Trim Fields False Csv - Ignore Quotes False Csv - Treat Any Blank Value As Null False Xml - ElementsToTreatAsArray -
That's it! We are done! Just in a few clicks we configured the call to Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) using Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) Connector.
You can load the source data into your desired destination using the Upsert Destination , which supports SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Amazon Redshift. We also offer other destinations such as CSV , Excel , Azure Table , Salesforce , and more . You can check out our SSIS PowerPack Tasks and components for more options. (*loaded in Trash Destination)
More actions supported by Amazon Selling Partner (SP-API) Connector
Learn how to perform other actions directly in Azure Data Factory (SSIS) with these how-to guides:
- Download Report File to Local Disk
- Get FBA Inventory Summaries (Fulfilled By Amazon)
- Get Market Place Participations
- Get Order (Single)
- Get Order Items (For Single Order)
- Get Orders
- Get Orders Items (For All Orders **Slow**)
- Get Report Data - Comma Separated File (CSV)
- Get Report Data - JSON File
- Get Report Data - Tab Separated File (TSV)
- Get Report Data - XML File
- Get Report Filters
- Get Report Options
- Get Report Types
- Get Vendor PurchaseOrder Items
- Get Vendor PurchaseOrders
- Search Catalog Items
- Make Generic API Request (Bulk Write)