SSIS guide

Writing data in SSIS

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

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 FastSpring integration in SSIS
  • How to configure connection for FastSpring
  • How to write or lookup data to FastSpring
  • Features about SSIS API Destination
  • Using FastSpring 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 FastSpring in the API Source to POST data to the FastSpring.

  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:

    Drag Data Flow Task onto Control Flow to use SSIS PowerPack Data Flow components

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

    Make sure you are in Data Flow designer in SSIS package

  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.
    SSIS API Destination (Predefined Templates) - Drag and Drop

  7. Select New Connection to create a new connection:

    API Destination - FastSpring
    Read and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts โ€” almost no coding required.
    API Destination - FastSpring

  8. To configure the FastSpring 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 >>:

    FastSpring
    API Destination -

  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.

    API Credentials

    FastSpring authentication

    Here is how to obtain FastSpring API credentials:

    1. In the FastSpring portal, navigate to Developer Tools > APIs > API Credentials.
    2. Click Create, FastSpring will automatically generate your Username and Password. Copy them, we will need them in the next step: Use credentials to get FastSpring data via REST API
      WARNING: Securely store the credentials for future reference.
    3. Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and use this token in API Credentials authentication configuration:
      • In the UserName field paste the Username value you copied in the previous step.
      • In the Password field paste the Password value you copied in the previous step.
    4. Click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.
    5. Done! Now you are ready to use FastSpring Connector!
    API Connection Manager configuration

    Just perform these simple steps to finish authentication configuration:

    1. Set Authentication Type to API Credentials [Http]
    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. Finally, hit OK button:
    FastSpring
    API Credentials [Http]
    https://api.fastspring.com
    Required Parameters
    UserName Fill-in the parameter...
    Password Fill-in the parameter...
    Optional Parameters
    RetryMode RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
    RetryStatusCodeList 429
    RetryCountMax 5
    RetryMultiplyWaitTime True
    Your Webstore URL (Only used by get_products_visibility endpoint) https://YOUR-STORE.onfastspring.com
    ZappySys Http Connection
    Find full details in the FastSpring 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 - FastSpring
    Read and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts โ€” almost no coding required.
    API Destination - FastSpring

  11. Finally, map the desired columns:

    API Destination - FastSpring
    Read and write FastSpring data effortlessly. Integrate, manage, and automate orders, subscriptions, quotes, products, and accounts โ€” almost no coding required.
    API Destination - FastSpring

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

    Execute Package